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JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY,

DESCRIPTIVE AND GEOGRAPHICAL.

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CONTENTS.

. Notes on the Genus Jphias; with Descriptions of two new

Species from the Moluccas, By ALFRED R. WALLACE ..
Descriptions of new Species of Cassidide, together with a List
of all the Species belonging to the same Family collected
by the late M. Mouhot in Siam and Cambodia. By JosrpH
PaaS AGNES oye ig che a ts aoyegealimBedlS opts iravpue gest Sako) RSs 22s, «
Catalogue of the Dytiscide and Gyrinide of Australasia, with
Descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. HAMLET Ciark,
ME ASAE Se ecu ie srehanciia,a ol 3) asi rskop gee tama iep ete floes:

. On certain additions to the Genus Dicranocephalus. By

P RANGES PAsOORS Pl Sis GkCe kd oto aetsieishely eles <> abe

. Notices of new or little-known Genera and Species of Coleo-

pera, By Wrancis-P. Paseo, FL.S.5, &@iqe. fi... + ove.
Contributions to the Knowledge of the Cicindelide of Tropical
Asia, containing Descriptions of new Species, a List of those
hitherto described, and Synonymical Notes. By Dr. H.
SCHAMA Tate taneeirioipinis te te eprrrepatcclcwrijoie shspoutery ean =
Descriptions of four new Genera of Carabide. By Dr, H.
CHAU. < fea Ri a sip tds oie abe eelaning: pe ky Gebesisa as. ot
List of the Colydude collected in the Amazons Valley by
H. W. Bates, Esq., and Descriptions of new Species. By
Francis P. Pascog, F.L.S., &c

. On the Canarian Longicorns. By T. VeRNon WOLLASTON,

M.A., F.LS.

. On some new Species of Neuropterous Insects from Australia

and New Zealand, belonging to the Family Hemerobiide.
By Rip McG ACerAaNn, HAliS se: seiech -miawer & sz eiseiet 4s. «
Description of a new Species of Longicorn Beetle. By J. O.
WEST GOD, MLA, EC ALSS. GG.% conse acess sore iganate «La
List of the Colydide collected in the Indian Islands by
Alfred R. Wallace, Esq., and Descriptions of new Species.
By PRANGCIG=E, PASCON, HUES.) RC) ae cect cures sooo s de
An attempt at a Classification of the Eumolpide. By J.8.
LBB ec Bee big tho Catena fart taclole to SRO. a POO
Catalogue of Halticide; being a continuation of the British
Museum Catalogue, Part i. 1860. By the Rev. Hamier
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Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazons Valley.—
LepmopTERA—NympuHaLine/. By H. W. Bates.... 175

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Catalogue of the Dytiscide and Gyrinide of Australasia,
with Descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. Hawtxr
CLARK, MAQUI. opera teen craic cleldssie's.s sss a ae 214
Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Eumolpide. 7
By J. 'S. BAawy 05 cco metetenyel ice abe ce eee nen eel it 219
Descriptions of some new Australian Longicornia. By
FRANCIS P, Pascor, FILS. cis naise.cis > so ene 223
Note on the Australian Species of Clytus. By Francis
Pe PAascon, ELS... tan re oe creel a, «70-0 en . 245

. Descriptions of new Australian Phytophaga. By the Rey.

HAwimriCrark, M.A., FOUIS 3: specs oer Bor sot ec 247

. Descriptions of new Species of Brazilian Pompilide. By

FREDERICK Situ, Assistant in the Zoological Depart-
mentiofthe British Museum... <5. :: 02s ¢e0ees a eenees 263

. Additions to the Longicornia of South Africa, including a

few Species from Old Calabar and Madagascar. By
FRANCIS"P Pasco STS. Gees io. css cates setae 270

. Descriptions of the Species belonging to the Genus Paropsis.

By JOSEPH 9. qbATM oC ace cole caters «ele». heen 291
Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazons Valley.

—Lrpipoprera—NympuHatinm. By H. W. Barss.. 311
Eumolpidarum Species nove. By the Rey. T. A. Mar-

Sis0.Ui ey Gieyeedreaccme Calo eon aon aaa tad os otis 347
A second Series of Descriptions of New Australian Longi-

corma. By Francis P. Pascor, F.LS. ....... eae 352
An examination of the Halticide of South America. By

the, Rev. Hamimr Crank, MiA;. FILS.) sims ieee 375
On some new Genera of Curculionide. By Francis P.

PASC OR SELES e VOEC tte a lele celal k oieie ne eel ci bie ecient 413

. Attempt at a Classification of the Ewmolpide. By J. 8.

Bany, PAS oi | ae... See cl eee, 433

. Notices of new or little-known Genera and Species of

Coleoptera. By Francis P. Pascor, F.L.S., &e. (late

President of the Entomological Society) ......+..++- 443
List of described Species of Australian Heteromera. By
Francis P; Pascon, FuiiS eee Cn eres 493

Description of a new Neuropterous Insect belonging to the
Genus Corydalis, Latreille. By R. M°LAcuuian, F.L.S, 499
Index’. Siibiaisie’ 6 Sheers once tere nen sfc Rites Ait alters Rate 501

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. VII.—January 1863.

‘.—Notes on the Genus Iphias; with Descriptions of two new Species
from the Moluccas. By Aurrep R. WALLAcE.

genus Iphias (Boisduval) has hitherto consisted of but two
sies, both known since the time of Linneus. Having myself
covered in the Moluccas two new species allied to I. lewcippe, and
ding that J. glaucippe consists of several distinct varieties, each
e inhabiting a limited district, I propose to point out the characters
3tinguishing these, and make some remarks on the habits and dis-
ibution of this interesting genus.
The species of Zphias are all large and handsome butterflies, fre-
_ quenting the skirts of forests and the margins of streams in forest
districts. The males often settle on the ground in damp or muddy
places, in company with many Papilionide and Pieridae. When
thus resting, with wings erect, they are at once distinguishable from
ul around them by the peculiar attitude they assume, the upper
wings being depressed between the lower pair, so that its basal half
is completely hidden by them. As probably a consequence of this,
we find that this basal half of the upper wings is always pale in
colour on the under side, and devoid of the characteristic markings
of the exposed portions. The females fly rather low, in woods and
thickets, and, seldom coming out into the open grounds, are therefore
less frequently captured.

The three species found in the Moluccas are all scarce insects,
whereas that which inhabits the western islands of the Archipelago
and the continent of India (J. leucippe) is much more abundant, and
is one of the most striking and beautiful of the insect ornaments of
these regions. When in fine condition, the red patch on the upper
Wings has iridescent violet reflexions, which are still more con-
spicuous in the superb J. leweippe of Amboyna.

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Mr. A. R. Wallace on the Genus Iphias.

I have retained Boisduval’s name Jphias for this genus, becaus»
he first properly characterized it; and his name was, I believe, i,
universal use among entomologists till Mr. Doubleday, in hi-
“Genera.” revived Hiibner’s forgotten name Hebomoia, thereby
doing his best to introduce confusion and misunderstanding into ;
perfectly satisfactory and uniform nomenclature.

I presume that the proper application of the law of priority is to
determine among conflicting names still in use, and thus establish :
uniform nomenclature. To apply it to rake up obsolete names, and
thus create synonyms and produce the confused nomenclature it wa:
intended to abolish, is an abuse which ought not to be tolerated.

Specimens of J. glaucippe have been sent from N. India and Ceylon
while leucippe is found in Ceram, the easternmost of the Moluccz
group. No species of this genus was seen during my many months ~
residence in New Guinea and the islands of the Papuan group, no1
has any been discovered in Australia. Three species, and those the
most beautiful and striking, inhabit a small district in the Malay
Archipelago—the Moluccas or true Spice Islands; while one only,
subject to much variation, spreads over an area of very much greater
extent, from Celebes to India. From these facts it might be con
cluded that the Moluccas were the true metropolis and original seat.
of the genus, and that it had spread itself thence to the peninsula
and continent of India. But, from the general character of the
fauna of the Moluccas, I have come to the conclusion that it is
altogether derivative. The great mass of its forms may be traced
to New Guinea, while a few only bear the stamp of the Indian
region. I am inclined, therefore, to the opinion that the true home
of the present genus was on the continent of Asia, at a time when it
embraced the great islands of the Archipelago, Java, Sumatra; and
Borneo ; that it has thence spread to the Moluccas; and owing to
the isolation and difficulties of communication between those com-
paratively small islands preventing the frequent crossing of the
different races, they have become modified into the distinct forms
they now exhibit ; while the races inhabiting those larger islands,
which oppose to each other long lines of coast, have had their varia-
tions checked and retarded by frequent intermixtures of races, so as
to result in those less marked and less stable forms which we have
found it most convenient to class as local varieties.

Iphias glaucippe.
Papilio glaucippe, Linn. ; Cramer, t. 164; Bois. Sp. Gen.

L alba; alis anticis macula magna apicali rubro-aurantia plus minusve

Mr. A. R. Wallace on the Genus Iphias. 3

nigro marginata, maculisque nigris serie submarginali digestis. Q.
Alis anticis margine punctisque nigris dilatatis; posticis margine
serieque punctorum nigris.

Hab. N. India; Ceylon; and Malayan Islands to Celebes.

Loe. var. (1). Timorvensis.

Has the orange-red apical patch rather lighter in colour than in the
other varieties, with a very narrow dark border on its upper and outer
margin, while on the inner edge it is simply tinged with yellow where
it comes in contact with the white ground-colour of the wing. The
submarginal row of spots is smaller, and sometimes almost obsolete.
Rather smaller than the other forms.

Hab. Timor.

Loc. var. (2). Philippensis.

The red patch is interruptedly black-margined on its inner edge,
where it is yellow-tinged; the submarginal triangular spots are large,
and the two upper ones confluent with the margin. The female has a
pale sulphur tinge.

Hab. Philippine Islands (B. Mus.).
Note. Specimens from the Island of Lombock agree best with these, but
have the small submarginal spots of the Timor form (B. Mus.).

Loe. var. (3). Javanensis.

The red patch has a narrow, irregular black margin on its inner side,
and the row of triangular spots is large and well defined. The female
is very slightly yellow-tinged.

Hab. Java.
Note. The Indian and Ceylon specimens in the B. Mus. are very like this
form, but have the red-and-black apical patch smaller.

Loe. var. (4). Celebensis.

-These generally resemble the last; but the wings are more pointed
than in any of the preceding, and the apical patch is decidedly larger,
the red colour spreading into the discoidal cell, and the black reaching
across quite to the outer angle of the wing. The inner black margin

of the red spot is also broad and clear.
Hab. Celebes.

Loe. var. (5). Borneensis.

In this form the wings are pointed’as in the last; the red spot is
much smaller, with the entire margin and the apex of the wing broadly
black.

Hab. Borneo.

Remarks.—Of these varieties, the first and iast are the two ex-
tremes, and may be distinguished at a glance. Had no others
existed, they would have been at once characterized as very distinct

B2

4 Mr. A. R. Wallace on the Genus Iphias.

species. But the allied forms here described break down the
boundary-lines that separate them, and others probably yet remain
to be discovered, so that it seems more convenient to consider them
as local races. The best-known form of the species, that from India
and Java, has characters which are nearly intermediate between the
others, and may thus be considered as the typical race. All the
varieties have very nearly the same creamy-white ground-colour of
the wings and the same peculiarly irrorated under surface.

Iphias leucippe.

Papilio leucippe, Cram. t. 86; Bois. Sp. Gen.

J. flava; alis anticis magna ex parte aurantio-rubris, margine exteriore
punctorum serieque submarginali nigris. §. Alis anticis nigris rubro
striato-maculatis ; posticis sulphureis, margine punctorum serieque sub-
marginali nigris.

Hab. Amboyna; Ceram.

This fine species does not seem to vary, and is the richest in
colour of the genus. It is by no means abundant in Amboyna,
where it is only to be met with in the forest-clad mountains of the
interior. In Ceram it is still more scarce.

Iphias leucogynia. (PI. I. fig. 1, 3, fig. 2, 2 -)

¢. I. supra sulphurea; alis anticis macula magna centrali fulvo-rubra,
apice marginibusque exterioribus nigris. Subtus fulvescens ; alis anticis
dimidio apicali fusco irrorato ; posticis sparsim irrorato-maculatis.

Q. Supra, alis anticis fusco-nigris, margine interiore basin versus albo ;
posticis albis, margine exteriore maculisque rotundatis submarginalibus
fusco-nigris. Subtus alba, dense fusco irrorata, dimidio basali alarum
anticarum immaculato sulphureo tincto.

Exp. al. 4°5.

Hab. Bouru (Ins. Moluc.).

The male somewhat resembles J. leucippe, but is of a rather paler
yellow, which colour extends on the upper wings to the median
nervure and beyond its 8rd branch. The red of the upper wings is
nearly the same in colour as in that species, but much less in extent,
the outer margin and apex being broadly black. The submarginal
row of black spots is also rather larger and less clearly defined.

The female is remarkable by the entire absence of any yellow or
red colour. The lower wings are of a semitransparent pearly white,
which extends on to the upper as far as the yellow does in the ¢.
The rest of the upper wings, the outer margin of the lower, and a
submarginal row of six spots are dusky black.

Mr. A. R. Wallace on the Genus Iphias. 5

The head and thorax in both ¢g and 9 are brown-tinged; the
abdomen of the colour of the wings respectively.

The under surface has the characteristic markings of the genus ;
but in the 9 they are more dense, while in the ¢ the lower wings
have only scattered spots and striz.

I first found the female of this interesting species flying among
dense thickets in the island of Bouru, and was completely puzzled by
its appearance, till I one day caught a glimpse of the under side of
its wings, when I knew it must be an Jphias. I afterwards obtained
a few males; but it was never abundant.

Iphias sulphurea.

é. I. supra pallide fulvo-sulphurea ; alis anticis apice late nigro, macu-
laque magna apicali fulvo-rubra ; margine costali grisea. Subtus fulva
fusco irrorata ; alis anticis apice obscuriore, basi flava immaculata.

@. Alis anticis macula rubra apicali parva; posticis margine posteriore
intus dentato maculisque submarginalibus nigvis.

Exp. al. 4°5.

Hab. Batchian, Gilolo (Ins. Molucc.).

The male resembles at first sight the Borneo var. of Jeucippe, but
is entirely of a pale lemon-yellow instead of white. The black
apical portion is smaller, only touching the end of the discoidal cell ;
and the red patch is very much smaller, containing only three tri-
angular black spots, the two upper of which join the outer, and the
lower the inner portion of the black border. The lower wings have
the posterior margin tinged of a deeper yellow.

The female generally resembles the male, but the black extends a
little further on the upper wings, and on the lower forms a broad
band, dentated within along the posterior margin. Within this is
a row of six subtriangular spots, as in the females of the other
species. Beneath, the lower wings and the apical portion of the
upper are rich fulvous yellow, thickly covered with dusky irrorations,
which are darker on the inner margin of the lower and the apex
of the upper. The basal portion of the upper is pale sulphur-
yellow.

This fine species occurred in Batchian (a single male specimen,
taken on the margin of a stream), and in Morty Island, to the N.
of Gilolo, whence my collector, Mr. Allen, has sent me both sexes.

6 Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Species of Cassidide.

II.— Descriptions of new Species of Cassidide, together with a List
of all the Species belonging to the same Family collected by the late
M. Mouhot tn Siam and Cambodia. By Josern 8. Baty.

Tur insects described in the following paper are principally those
sent to this country by M. Mouhot; added to them are a few others
lately received by me from other parts of the world. With regard
to the List of Species, I have undertaken, in accordance with the
wishes of Mr. Saunders, to draw up a catalogue of the Phytophagous
insects collected by the late M. Mouhot, a set of the species having
been ceded to me for that purpose. I propose taking each family
separately, publishing them from time to time in this Journal as
opportunities for their study arise. I have taken the Cassididee first,
Professor Boheman’s recent supplement having brought our know-
ledge of that group up to the present time. All the species contained
in M. Mouhot’s early collections were sent by me to Boheman for
determination ; and one, Coptocycla plausibilis, was described by him
as new. The new species in the present paper arrived too late for
insertion in his work.

Spheropalpus Deyroller.

S. oblongo-ovatus, modice convexus, flavus, subnitidus, subtus nitidus ;
antennis, thoracis plaga dorsali, a basi fere ad apicem extensa, scu-
tello, mesocoxarum plaga, geniculis, tibiarum apice, tarsis, metasterni
macula triangulari parva, elytrisque nigris; his crebre subrugoso-punc-
tatis, punctis prope suturam subseriatim, disco vage dispositis, utroque
disco interiore obsolete bicarinato ; margine basali anguste obsoleto,
vitta suturali, vix ante apicem abbreviata, vitta submarginali a paullo
infra basin ad vix pone medium continuata, fasciaque centrali sub-
interrupta, flavis—Long. 93 lin.

Hab. Brazil.

Oblong-ovate, moderately convex, flavous, subnitidous, shining be-
neath. Thorax rather more than twice as broad as long; sides broadly
rotundate-ampliate, slightly narrowed at the base, the anterior angles
armed with a very small obtuse tooth ; upper surface remotely but deeply
and irregularly pitted, middle of disk longitudinally grooved, sides very
deeply impressed, rugose-punctate, dilated margin reflexed, rather less
closely punctured than the sides of the disk; on the disk is a large
black longitudinal patch, which extends from the base nearly to the
apex of the thorax. Scutellum forming an elongated triangle, the apex
obtuse, its surface smooth, impressed near the apex with a single fovea.
Elytra punctured as in S. e:nctus, sides obliquely dilated from the base
to the middle, then obliquely narrowed and slightly rounded to the
apex ; the latter narrow, obtuse.

For the possession of this beautiful insect (which is probably a

Mr. J.S. Baly on new Species of Cassidide. 7

male) I am indebted to the liberality of M. H. Deyrolle, to whom
I have dedicated it. Professor Boheman’s description of S. cinctus
is also apparently made from an individual of the same sex, which
I have never seen,—my specimen of that species (doubtless a female)
agreeing with Boheman’s insect entirely in colouring, but differing in
having the elytra oblong, and not narrowed behind, and also in the
sides of the thorax being less dilated, and rounded and narrowed
from base to apex. In the present species the elytra are more
quickly narrowed from their middle to their apex, the latter obtuse ;
the scutellum also is longer and narrower than in S. cinctus.

Calopepla Mouhoti.

C. oblonga, convexa, viridi-cerulea, nitida, antennis nigris; thorace re-
flexo-marginato, medio profunde canaliculato, utrinque profunde foveo-
lato ; elytris profunde punctatis, disco irregulariter elevato-reticulatis,
prope suturam bi-, prope marginem exteriorem unicarinatis.—Long.
5 lin.

Hab. Laos ; Siam.

Oblong, convex, shining metallic greenish-blue. Thorax narrowly
edged with a reflexed border; sides oblique at their base, sinuate before
the middle, slightly rotundate-ampliate below the latter, their apex
regularly rounded, basal angle thickened; disk smooth, its middle
channeled by a deep longitudinal groove, dilated at its base, either
side impressed with three or four large deep foveze. Scutellum im-
pressed near its apex with a shallow fovea. Elytra more than four
times the length of the thorax, deeply punctured ; each elytron near the
suture has two raised longitudinal cost, connected here and there by
short transverse ridges; near the outer border is a third, more irregular
and less distinct than the two former; remainder of the surface covered
with a strongly raised reticulation enclosing small irregular deeply punc-
tured interspaces ; side margin narrowly dilated, deeply punctured.

The much smaller size, the deeply punctured thorax, and, in ad-
dition, the nearly uniform colour at once separate this striking and
beautiful insect from C. Leayana, the common species.

Epistictia perplexa.

E. ovata, convexa, rufo-testacea, subtus pallide rufo-picea, antennis nigris ;
thorace rude punctato, nigro bimaculato; elytris profunde punctatis,
singulatim prope suturam minus distincte bicarinatis, carina exteriore
fere obsoleta ; utroque maculis novem metallico-ceruleis notato, macu-

lis duabus exterioribus margine adfixis.—Long. 43 lin.
Hab, Laos.

This species is very closely allied to EH. wiridimaculata, Boh. I
have, however, separated it for the following reasons :—the spots on

8 Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Species of Cassidide.

the elytra, equal in number and similarly arranged with those in E,
viridimaculata, are larger, and the two exterior extend across the
lateral border of the elytra to its outer edge ; the longitudinal vitte
are much less distinct, the outer one being nearly obsolete; the in-
sect is also rather longer, and its under surface is more deeply stained
with rufo-piceous. In form and all other respects it agrees with
Boheman’s species.
Epistictia Parryt.

£. elongato-ovata, minus convexa, subnitida, pallide rufo-fulva, antennis

(articulis basalibus duobus exceptis) nigris; thorace lateribus subcrebre,

disco subremote punctato, utrinque plaga magna nigra, basi adfixa,

instructo ; elytris dorso subdeplanatis, profunde punctatis, singulatim
prope suturam bicarinatis, carina exteriore infra medium obsoleta ;
utroque nigro novemmaculato, macula postica e serie exteriore ad mar-
ginem lateralem adfixa.—Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Assam.

Of this species a single specimen, from Assam, has existed for
some time in my collection, placed, although with doubt, as a variety
of E. viridimaculata. The inspection, however, recently of a fine
series in the collection of Major Parry has convinced me that it is
a good and distinct species. It differs from viridimaculata in being
narrower in front and less ovate ; it is also depressed above and much
less convex, its upper surface being flattened, especially the anterior
half of the disk of the elytra: the spots on these latter are also quite
black, and without metallic tinge ; the lower one on the outer disk is
placed much more outwardly, and attached to the edge of the lateral
margin; in all other respects the spots are arranged as in the old
species. Major Parry’s specimens are without precise locality.

Prioptera rugosa.

P. subrotundata, valde convexa, fusco-fulva, subnitida, antennarum arti-
culis duobus ultimis nigris; elytris obscurioribus, leviter gibbosis,
valde convexis, disco profunde rugoso-punctatis, elevato-reticulatis,
utroque prope suturam unicarinato, margine laterali late explanato,
leevi, pone medium plaga magna nigra, dorso excavata, introrsum supra
discum paullo extensa, instructo.—Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Pachybouri ; Laos.

Subrotundate, convex, fusco-fulvous, subnitidous; antennz robust,
their last two joints black. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides broadly
dilated ; disk impunctate, irregularly excavated on either side near the
hinder portion of the dilated margin, basal lobe impressed with a deep
fovea. Elytra three times longer than the thorax; sides obliquely
dilated, and slightly rounded from the base to beyond the middle,
thence obliquely rounded to the apex, the latter subangulate ; disk

Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Species of Cassididee. 9

very convex, obsoletely gibbose before the middle, deeply rugose-punc-
tate, covered with a strongly raised irregular reticulation enclosing
small interspaces ; on each side, a short distance within the suture, is a
strongly raised longitudinal ridge, which sends short transverse branches
to the suture ; lateral margin broadly dilated, its surface sinuate ; below
its middle is an irregularly excavated transverse black patch, which
extends a short distance on to the limb of the disk.

The species is much more strongly rugose than any other with
which I am acquainted.

Prioptera gibbosa.

P. ovato-rotundata, valde convexa, fulva, subnitida, subtus nitida ; thorace
utrinque basi nigro maculato; elytris sat fortiter punctatis, infra basin
excavatis, ante medium in gibbum compressum acutum elevatis, disco
hie illic irregulariter excavatis, pone gibbum late foveolatis, confuse
elevato-reticulatis ; utroque maculis quatuor magnis, duabus infra
basin duabusque pone medium, seriebus duabus transversim positis,
secunda in serie posteriore ad marginem lateralem adfixa, nigris; mar-
gine exteriore late explanato.—Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Tringanee. Sent by the Count of Castelnau.

Ovate-rotundate, fulvous, subnitidous, shining beneath. Antenne
scarcely longer than the thorax, entirely fulvous. Thorax smooth,
impunctate, its basal lobe impressed with a round deep fovea, from
the apex of which an indistinct groove runs upwards on the disk; on
either side of the latter, attached to the base, is a large nigro-piceous
patch. Elytra very convex; sides obliquely ampliate and slightly
rounded from their base to the middle, then for a short space rotundate-
angustate, thence to the apex obliquely angustate, the apex itself being
subangulate ; upper surface elevated before the middle into a trans-
versely compressed, subacute gibbosity, the surface of which is covered
on either side with three large foveze, two in front, oblong, the third
on the hinder surface, irregular; disk distinctly punctured, the punc-
tures being indistinctly arranged on the outer side in irregular striae ;
surface irregularly pitted, confusedly elevate-reticulate; each elytron
with four large black spots, arranged as follows :—one below the base,
on the outer surface of the gibbose portion; the second just below the
humeral callus, parallel with the first ; the third nearly halfway between
the middle and apex, close to the suture; and the fourth parallel to the
third, placed on the outer margin, its surface excavated ; dilated border
smooth, concave before the middle.

Prioptera nigricornis.
P. oblonga, convexa, nitida, pallide flavo-fulva, plaga metasterno anten-
nisque (harum articulo basali excepto) nigris; thorace levi, basi tenuiter
nigro marginato, disco nigro binotato; elytris basi non gibbosis, disco

10 Mr. J.S. Baly on new Species of Cassididee.

obsolete bifoveolatis, subcrebre punctatis, prope suturam obsolete cari-
natis, utroque maculis quatuor nigris, duabus infra basin duabusque
pone medium positis, exteriore e serie secunda in marginem dilatata,
instructo.—Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Laos; Siam.

Var. A. Elytrorum macularum una alterave obsoleta.

Oblong, convex, pale flavo-fulvous, nitidous; a patch on the meta-
sternum ‘and the antennz (their basal joint excepted) black. Vertex
nigro-piceous; antennz half the length of the body, robust. Thorax
twice as broad as long; basal margin bisinuate on either side, narrowly
edged with black ; side margin broadly dilated, slightly reflexed; disk
smooth, marked on either side with a round black spot. Elytra nearly
four times the length of the thorax ; sides subparallel, slightly increasing
in width from the base to just beyond their middle, thence rounded to
the apex ; above moderately convex, not gibbose at the base, obsoletely
impressed on the anterior disk with several broad shallow fovez ; sur-
face of disk somewhat closely covered with distinct punctures, arranged
on the anterior half and along the suture in irregular strive; in some
specimens, near the suture, is seen a nearly obsolete costa; on each
elytron are four black spots, arranged in two transverse rows, viz. one
below the base, the other beyond the middle; the first three spots
small, and frequently one or other obsolete; the fourth large, transverse,
and produced to the lateral border; outer border moderately dilated,
smooth, impunctate, separated from the disk by a single row of large
transverse impressions.

Aspidomorpha hewaspilota.

A. rotundata, modice convexa, pallide flava, nitida, antennarum articulis
duobus ultimis nigris; elytris basi obsolete excayatis, ante medium vix
gibbosis, disco tenuissime punctato-striatis, utroque punctis parvis
tribus ante medium triangulariter dispositis nigris instructo, margine
laterali late explanato, intra limbum hyalino.—Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Cambodia.

Rotundate, moderately convex, pale yellow, nitidous. Thorax twice
as broad as long; sides rounded at the base, then obliquely rounded
towards the apex, the latter obtusely rounded ; above smooth and im-
punctate, with the exception of a narrow band of very minute punc-
tures, which runs transversely across the centre of the disk; dilated
margin moderately reflexed. Elytra two and a half times longer than
the thorax ; shoulders scarcely prominent, their apex rounded; sides
rounded, and scarcely dilated from their base to before their middle, then
gradually rounded and narrowed to the apex, the latter regularly
rounded ; upper surface moderately convex, indistinctly excavated at
the base, obsoletely gibbose before the middle; surface very finely
punctate-striate, the puncturing being rather coarse, and deeper on the
outer disk; on each elytron are seen three small black spots, trian-

Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Species of Cassidide. 11

gularly placed before the middle, viz. one close to the basal margin,
just within the humeral callus, the second near the suture, close to the
apex of the gibbose portion, and the third on the outer disk, about its
middle, immediately under the first; lateral margin broadly dilated,
its limb reflexed ; surface impunctate, hyaline, outer limb concolorous
with the disk of the elytron.

Aspidomorpha Stevenst.

A. subrotundata, convexa, pallide fulva, nitida ; antennarum articulo 10™°
nigro, 11™....; elytris disco tenuiter punctato-striatis, basi retusis,
ante medium in gibbum conicum acutum elevatis, utroque ramulos
duos fuscos, subtus nigros, unum basi, alterum pone medium ad mar-
ginem exteriorem emittente ; margine laterali late explanato, obsolete
transversim strigoso, macula elongata postice angustata inter ramulos
instructo.—Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Cambodia.

Subrotundate, convex, pale fulvous, nitidous. Thorax twice as broad
as long, dilated margin slightly reflexed ; sides rounded at the base,
obliquely rounded and narrowed from behind the middle to the apex,
the latter rounded ; upper surface smooth, impunctate. Elytra much
broader than the thorax, nearly three times its length; shoulders
slightly produced anteriorly, subacute, their apex rounded; sides
rounded and slightly dilated from their base to before the middle,
then rounded and narrowed to the apex, the latter rounded ; upper sur-
face convex, feebly excavated at the base, elevated before the middle
into a conic, acute gibbosity; disk finely punctate-striate, obsoletely
excavated on its outer half; lateral margin broadly dilated, its outer
edge slightly reflexed, its surface obsoletely wrinkled ; running across
it from the margin of the disk are two narrow fuscous transverse
spots, black beneath, viz. one at the shoulder, the other placed far below
the middle; stretched between these is an elongate hyaline patch,
gradually narrowed behind.

This species is near A. lobata, Boh. ; the surface of the elytra is
smoother, and the ramuli extending across the dilated border are
much narrower.

Aspidomorpha fraterna.

A, rotundata, convexa, pallide sordide fulva, nitida, antennarum articulis
duobus nigro-piceis; elytris basi excavatis, ante medium in gibbum
acutum elevatis, disco hic illic obsolete excavatis, evidenter punctato-
striatis, striis interruptis ; utroque basi ramulum fuscum subtus nigro-
piceum ad angulum humeralem emittente ; margine laterali late expla-
nato, obsolete transversim strigato, intra limbum hyalino.—Long. 6 lin.

Hab, Cambodia.

Rotundate, convex, pale obscure fulvous, nitidous. Thorax twice
as broad as long; sides quickly rounded at the basal angle, the lateral

12 Mr. J.8. Baly on new Species of Cassidide.

and apical margins rounded, and forming together the segment of a
sphere; upper surface smooth, impunctate, irregularly pitted on either
side between the disk and margin; dilated margin slightly irregular,
scarcely reflexed. Elytra about three times longer than the thorax ;
shoulders slightly prominent anteriorly, their apex rounded; sides
rounded and slightly dilated to the middle, then rounded and narrowed
to the apex, the latter rounded; upper surface convex, deeply exca-
vated and retuse at the base on either side the suture, elevated before
the middle into an acute gibbosity, surface irregularly pitted on the
outer disk, distinctly punctate-striate, the striz interrupted ; on each
elytron, at the base, is a transverse fuscous vitta, pitchy-black beneath,
which extends from the edge of the disk along the basal margin to the
humeral angle ; disk separated from the outer margin by a single row of
deep punctures; from the middle of the edge of the disk a short raised
process is produced a short distance across the margin; lateral border
broadly dilated, its limb narrowly reflexed ; surface convex in its middle
portion, concave at the base and apex, covered with nearly obsolete,
irregular transverse strigee; outer limb concolorous with the disk of
the elytron ; remainder of the surface hyaline.

This insect must be placed close to A. elevata, Fab.

Coptocycla flavoplagiata.

C. subtriangularis, flava, nitida, thoracis plaga basali, apice truncata, nigra,
basi flavo notata; elytris evidenter punctato-striatis, ante medium
valde gibbosis, plaga magna discoidali, a basi fere ad apicem extensa,
utrinque medio emarginata, nigra, maculas duas flavas ferente ; mar-
gine late explanato, humeris modice prominulis, antennarum articulo
ultimo apice nigro.—Long. 4-5 lin.

Hab. Tringanee.

Subtriangular, shining flayous ; last joints of antennz black. Thorax
one-third broader than long, apex obtuse, sides regularly rounded ;
upper surface smooth, sides obsoletely reflexed ; at the base is a broad
subtrigonate black patch, the apex of which is broadly truncate ; in the
centre of its base is a deeply impressed yellow fovea. Scutellum tri-
gonate. Elytra much broader at their base than the thorax ; shoul-
ders subprominent, their apex quickly rounded ; sides obliquely rounded
and narrowed from the base towards the apex, the latter regularly
rounded ; upper surface very convex, elevated just before the middle
into a strong, subacute gibbosity, the anterior surface of which is ex-
cavated; disk distinctly punctate-striate, the puncturing however
becoming nearly obsolete towards the apex; nearly covering the
disk is a large subquadrate black patch, which extends from the base
almost to the apex, its lateral border notched in the middle, its hinder
edge natched on either side ; on its surface are two large flavous patches,
the first subquadrate, commencing at the base and covering the gib-
bosity nearly as far as the middle of its hinder surface, the second

Mr. J. 8. Baly on new Species of Cassididee. 13

transverse, placed just behind the middle of the disk; lateral border
broadly dilated, impunctate.

List of Cassidide collected by the late M. Mouhot in Siam and
Cambodia.
Calopepla Leayana, Latr. Boh. Mon. Cass. i. p. 9.
Laos; Siam.
Calopepla Mouhoti, Baly. Vide anted, p. 7.
Laos.
Epistictia viridimaculata, Boh. Mon. Cass. i. p. 15.
Cambodia ; Siam.
Epistictia perplexa, Baly. Vide anted, p. 7.
Laos.
Prioptera Westermanni, Mannerh. Boh. Mon. Cass. i. p. 45.
Cambodia ; Siam.
Prioptera rugosa, Baly. Vide anted, p. 8.
Cambodia; Siam.
Prioptera impustulata, var. A. Boh. Mon. Cass. i. p. 46.
Cambodia ; Siam.

I possess two individuals of this variety: one from Cambodia, in
which the lateral marginal spot of the elytron is ill defined and
nearly obsolete; the other from Laos, where it is fully developed and
transverse.

Prioptera mgricorms, Baly. Vide antea, p. 9.

Laos.

Aspidomorpha miliaris, Fabr. Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. p. 261.
Cambodia; Siam.

Aspidomorpha he«aspilota, Baly. Vide anted, p. 10.

Laos.

Aspidomorpha St Crucis, Fabr. Boh. Mon. Cass. ti. p. 287.
Cambodia ; Siam.

Aspidomorpha quadrilobata, Boh. Mon. Cass. Suppl. p. 268.
Siam.

Aspidomorpha Stevensi, Baly. Vide anted, p. 11.
Cambodia.

Aspidomorpha dorsata, Fabr. Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. p. 295.
Cambodia; Siam.

Aspidomorpha fraterna, Baly. Vide anted, p. 11.
Cambodia.

14 Rey. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee

Aspidomorpha amabilis, Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. p. 315.

Siam.

Aspidomorpha mutilata, Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. p. 316.
Cambodia.

Laccoptera vigintinotata, Boh. Mon. Cass. iii. p. 66.

Siam; Cambodia.

Laccoptera novemdecimnotata, Bug. Boh. Mon. Cass. iii. p. 67.
Siam ; Cambodia.

Laccoptera hospita, Boh. Mon. Cass. iii. p. 70.

Cambodia.

Laccoptera tredecmpunctata, Fabr. Boh. Mon. Cass. ii. p. 73.
Siam.

Coptocycla plausibilis, Boh. Mon. Cass. Suppl. p. 395.

Siam ; Cambodia.

Coptocycla scalaris, Fabr. Boh. Mon. Cass. iii. p. 124.
Cambodia.

Coptocycla punctaria, Fabr. Boh, Mon. Cass. iii. p. 254.
Cambodia ; Siam.

Coptocycla circumdata, Herbst. Boh. Mon. Cass. ili. p. 279.
Cambodia.

Coptocycla eribrosa, Boh. Mon. Cass. iii. p. 404.

Siam.

IIl.—Cataloque of the Dytiscidse and Gyrinide of Australasia,
with Descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. Hamier Crarx,

M.A., F.L.S.
{Continued from vol. i. p. 421.]

Tribe III. Hyproporip®.

Genus 3. Cetina, Aub. Icon. vy. p. 219. :
THE insects composing this genus may be separated from all others of
the Hydroporide by the presence of a scutellum; in form they are
more parallel and more elongate. Five species are already known—
four from South America, and one, C. grossula, Lec., from Louisiana,
the description of which will shortly be published. I am able, by
the aid of Mr. Bakewell’s collection, to add a sixth species, found in
Australia.
C. australis, n. sp.

C. elongato-ovalis, parallela, postice subacuminata, subtiliter punctato-

striata, rufo-picea ; capite sat rotundato, leviter acuducto et minutis-

sime punctato ; thorace lateribus leviter rotundatis, tenuiter marginatis,

and Gyrinide of Australasia. 15

basi recto, transverso, disco acuducto, ad latera et postice punctato ;

scutello lato, triangulari; elytris parallelis, leviter striato-punctatis,

passim et confertim acuductis; corpore subtus rufo, ad apicem fusco ;
pedibus antennisque rufis.
Long. corp. 24 lin., lat. 1 lin.

Of the size and colour generally of C. latipes, Brull., of S. America ;
the thorax differs in form (is less deep longitudinally, and the basal
line is transverse, not oblique); the surface entirely differs, being
levigate, and finely and sparingly punctate-striate, the interstices
throughout being covered with minute longitudinal markings, as
though scratched by a needle.

An example of this interesting insect is in Mr. Bakewell’s collec-
tion, from Australia.

Tribe IV. CotyMBETIDZ.

Genus 1. Barracnomatus, Schaum & White (ined. Brit. Mus.
Cat. Hydrocanth. p. 27). .

Corpus ovatum, valde depressum. Antenne setacez, articulo primo
longiore. Zabrum transversum, ad medium subemarginatum. Mentum
bilobatum (vix trilobatum). Palpi mazillares quadri-articulati, arti-
culo penultimo ad basin constricto, apicali longiore ovali: palpi labiales
art. primo ad basin constricto, 2ndo brevi, apicali robusto longiore ad
apicem obliquato. Caput latum, porrectum: oculis magnis haud ex-
stantibus. Thorax latus, depressus, ad latera subrotundatus. Elytra
paululum thorace latiora, breviter ovalia, valde depressa, Scutellum
haud dubito triangulare et distinctum. Pedes fortes et breves: tarsis
anterioribus quinque-articulatis ; wagwiculis eequalibus; tarsis posticis
quinque-articulatis, ciliatis, robustis.

B. Wingti (Brit. Mus. Cat. Hydrocanth. p. 27, MS.).

B. ovatus, depressus, latus, impunctatus, niger, rufo lineatus, nitidus;
capite magno, lato, subporrecto, ad apicem rufo; thorace antice exca-
vato, ad latera subrotundato, basi transverso, ad apicem transverse
punctorum levi serie ornato, minutissime punctulato, nigro, mar-
ginibus (lateribus latius) rufis; scutellum in unico exemplo caret ;
elytris vix thorace latioribus, depressis, nigris, linea flavo-rufa lata a
basi ad post medium longitudinali, alteraque obliqua a margine post
medium ad apicem; antennis rufis; pedibus rufis; corpore subtus rufo-
nigro.

Long. corp. 4 lin., lat. 14 lin.

The single species for which this genus is constructed is as in-
teresting in the pattern of its coloration as the genus is remarkable
for its form.

When viewed under a high power, the surface is seen to be covered

16 Rey. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee

with very minute punctures. In the elytra the longitudinal flavous
marking extends from the base to a little beyond the middle; it is
almost medial, being rather nearer the margin than the suture; at
the apex is a second separate and similar marking, extending ob-
liquely from the margin to the apex ; on the surfice of either mark-
ing may be discerned small circular rufo-fuscous macule.

The only example that is known of this genus is in the collection
of the British Museum ; it was received many years ago from the
north-east coast of Australia.

Genus 2. Cotymperss, Clairv. (Ent. Helv. 1. p. 188).
1. C. lanceolatus, n. sp.

C. oblongo-ovalis, ad apicem subattenuatus, rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus ;
capite rufo, ad basin et inter oculos late nigro; thorace leviter et dense
punctato, preesertim ad basin, antice fovea transversa fortiter punctata,
rufo-ferrugineo vel rufo-flavo, ad basin et antice anguste nigro mar-
ginato, ad basin plerumque maculis nigris, ad medium duabus; scutello
nigro; elytris tribus punctorum seriebus, subtilissime reticulatis, sutura
et sex lineis eequalibus parallelis nigris; pedibus rufis; antennis rufo-
flavis, corpore infra rufo, abdominis segmentis nigro marginatis.

Long. corp. 53 lin., lat. 2} lin.

Of the thirteen examples before me of this species, there is not
one which presents any variety either in shape or pattern: its
narrow elongated form, acuminated towards the apex, and its evenly
disposed markings on the elytra abundantly separate it from all
other species known to me, either in Australia or elsewhere.

C. lanceolatus is found in New Zealand, Van Diemen’s Land, at
Melbourne, and Adelaide.

In the collections of the British Museum, Mr. Bakewell, Mr.
Bowring, Mr. Waterhouse, and the Rey. Hamlet Clark.

2. C. pulcher, n. sp.

C. ovalis, sat brevis, rufo-fuscus ; capite ad apicem infra oculos bifoveo-
lato, rufo, ad basin et transverse inter oculos nigro; thorace ad latera
subrotundato, immarginato, impunctato, levi, ad basin et antice trans-
verse subdepresso et sparsim rufo punctulato, tenuiter nigro; scutello
nigro ; elytris fusco-nigris, ad latera et apicem rufo irroratis, punctorum
seriebus duabus (veluti striis) minutis sparsis; antennis pedibusque
rufis; corpore subtus rufo-fusco,

Long. corp. 53 lin., lat. 23 lin.

A distinct and handsome species, to be recognized from others of
the group by its rufous thorax, margined in front and at the base by
a narrow, even line of black.

and Gyrinidee of Australasia. 17

I have received the species from Mr. Stevens, from New Holland ;
Mr. Bakewell has taken it in S. Australia, and placed an example
from his cabinet in the collection of the British Museum.

3. C. adumbratus, n. sp.

C. ovalis, brevior, flavus; capite flavo, ad basin transverse nigro ; thorace
ad latera rotundato, margine basali recto haud sinuato, impunctato,
levi, ad apicem transverse depresso et punctatulo, flavo; scutello fusco-
niero; elytris latis, punctorum seriebus obsoletis duabus sparsorum,
harum utraque biserie macularum nigrarum minuta compressa, notata
inter has lineas; elytris crebre nigro notatis veluti vermiculari, infra
medium et apicem juxta transverse nigro adumbratis; pedibus an-
tennisque rufo-flavis: infra nigro-rufus.

Long. corp. 5 lin., lat. 2? lin.

This species nearly resembles C’. consputus of Sturm ; it is broad,
short, and of a pale flavous colour. The markings of its elytra, when
seen under a high power, are very different: instead of circular closely
arranged dots, the surface is covered with connected tortuous mark-
ings, not fine as if scratched with a needle, but broad and closely
arranged ; these markings are interrupted by two longitudinal lines,
each formed by a double line of more continuous black dots, together
forming between them a longitudinal white marking ; along these two
white markings are arranged sparingly and faintly minute punctures ;
the surface is postmedially clouded over with black (especially near
the suture), and also less broadly so near the apex.

I have received, at different times, three examples of this species
from Mr. 8. Stevens and Mr. Cuming, from the New Hebrides.

4, C. australis, Aubé (Sp. Gén. p. 236). C. rufimanus, White
(Zool. Ereb. & Terror, Ent. p. 6, 1844).

A yery abundant and slightly variable species ; it is found in New
Zealand, the Fiji Islands, and in different parts of Australia and
Tasmania; three examples that I have received from the interior of
New Zealand are decidedly smaller in size. I hesitate in referring
the species (from a consideration of the examples before me) to C.
pulverosus, Sturm, as has been suggested.

5. C. notatus, Fab. (Aub. Sp. Gén. p. 239). New Zealand.

C. discicollis, Aub. (Sp. Gen. p. 250). Java.

C. pacificus, Boisd. (Voy. d’Astrolabe, p. 16). Sandwich Islands.
C. monostigma, Hope (Proc. Ent. Soc. 1842). Port Essington.
C. Fabricii, Macl. (Ann. Javan. p.31). C. varius, Fab. Java.

C. suturalis, Macl. (Ann. Javan. p. 32). Java.
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18 Rev. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee
Genus 3. Acasus, Leach (Zool. Mise. iii. p. 69).

1. A. latissimus, n. sp.

A, ovalis, subcircularis, valde latus, depressus, punctato-striatus, niger,
nitidus; capite subtilissime punctato, ad basin rufo bimaculato (aut
forsan aliquando rufo marginato); thorace antice excavato, ad latera
antice compresso, rotundato, tenuiter marginato, angulis posticis acutis,
subtiliter punctatulo, nigro, lateribus et angulis anticis rufo-fuscis ;
scutello lato, nigro; elytris latis, breyibus, depressis, subtilissime punc-
tatis, punctorum seriebus duabus obsoletorum; corpore subtus plano,
haud convexiusculo, rufo-fusco; abdominis segmentis ad latera rufo
notatis; pedibus antennisque rufo-fuscis.

Long. corp. 3} lin., lat. 21 lin.

A very aberrant form of the genus Agabus. Examples are in the
cabinet of the British Museum, labelled ‘“‘ New Holland.”

2. A. spilopterus, Germ. (Linn. Ent. 1848, p. 172).

Corresponds in size to Agabus uliginosus, but, according to the
examples before me, varies somewhat in length and comparative
breadth of body. It may be recognized by three flavous markings
on the head, and a narrow flavous line near the central margin of
the elytra; in some examples two minute circular flavous spots may
be discerned near the inner side of this flavous line.

I am indebted to Dr. Schaum for a typical example of this species
from the cabinet of Germar. In the collections also of the British
Museum, Mr. Bowring, and Mr. Waterhouse.

3. A. Tasmanic, n. sp.

A. breviter ovatus, latus, sat depressus, obscure punctato-striatus, sub-
tilissime vermiculatus, niger, nitidus ; capite inter oculos undique bi-
punctato, nigro, ad apicem rufo; thorace antice emarginato, ad latera
rotundato et leviter marginato, basi sinuato; elytris punctorum seriebus
tribus obscuris ; pedibus rufo-fuscis, antennis flavo-rufis, corpore subtus
nigyro.

Long. corp. 38-34 lin., lat. 13 lin.

A. Tasmanie is smaller and narrower than A. latissimus; it is
much more levigate than, and without the fuscous markings of, A.
reticulosus ; it is notso constricted in form as A. lugubris, Homb. ; it
approaches most nearly to A. spilopterus; it is however smaller, the
head has no medial rufous markings, and the rows of punctures on
the elytra differ somewhat as to their position, and consist of single
punctures evenly arranged in line, not irregularly disposed. Two
examples of this species have been received by Mr. Bakewell from
Tasmania.

and Gyrinide of Australasia. 19

4. A. Bakewelli, n. sp.

A, ovalis, subtilissime reticulosus, striato-punctatus, niger, nitidus ; capite
impunctato, inter oculos undique foveolato, nigro, ore mentoque rufis ;
thorace antice emarginato, lateribus rotundatis, tenue marginatis, basi
sinuato, antice ad marginem punctis transverse notato; elytris punc-
torum seriebus duabus subtiliter notatis, ad latera infra medium obscure
rufo maculatis ; pedibus antennisque rufis, corpore subtus fusco-rufo.

Long. corp. 3 lin., lat. 13 lin.

A. Bakewelli resembles in size and appearance A. affinis, Payk. ;
it is (besides other differences) more ovate and less parallel: it is pro-
bable that in some examples the subcircular rufous marking near
the margin of the elytra may be obsolete.

Two examples of the species, which I name after my friend Mr.
Bakewell (whose labours have added so much to our lists of S. Aus-
tralian Coleoptera), are in that gentleman’s collection.

5. A. reticulosus, n. sp.

A, suboyalis, sat brevis, niger, opacus, subtilissime vermiculatus ; capite
inter oculos bipunctato, nigro, antice rufo-fusco; thorace ad latera.
tenuiter marginato, basi sinuato, juxta marginem anteriorem transverse
subpunctato, ad latera tenuiter rufo; elytris sat latis, punctorum
seriebus duabus obsoletis, nigris, ad latera plus minus rufis; corpore
subtus rufo-fusco ; pedibus antennisque rufis.

Long. corp. 3} lin., lat. 12 lin.

The whole upper surface of this species is in both sexes covered
with very minute punctate lines, in the thorax for the most part
tortuous, in the elytra interlacing with each other at right angles.
There is considerable variation in the lateral marking of the elytra ;
its position is not parallel to the margin, but rather in a more direct
line from the shoulders to the apex ; in some examples it is almost
obsolete ; in others it is continued in a broad irregular marking,
at the shoulder and postmedially flavous or rufo-flavous.

The only examples that I have seen are four specimens taken by
Mr. Bakewell in Victoria.

6. A. parvulus, Boisd. (Voy. d’Astrol. ii. p. 50). Sandwich Islands.
7. A. decempunctatus, Fab. N.E. Australia.
8
9

. A. octodecim-maculatus, MacLeay. Java.

. A. lugubris, Homb. & Jaeq. Tasmania.

Genus 4. Corgnatus, Erichs. (Gen. Dytis. 1832, p. 38).

This genus cannot strictly be separated from Agabus, although it
c2

20 Rey. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee

will be convenient perhaps to retain it for the reception of a section
of that group: the character upon which it was constructed by
Erichson is “ pedibus posticis in utroque sexu utrinque ciliatis ;” this
no doubt would hold good for the species known to him, but in
others it entirely fails. Aubé, in his ‘Species Général,’ p. 366
(and in his ‘ Iconographie,’ p. 186), points out as additional sepa-
rating characters the medial lobe of the mentum, and the rounded
(not carinated) prosternum: these also fail in species which have
been since discovered. Lacordaire, in his ‘ Genera des Coléoptéres’
(vol. i. p. 425), abandons these characters, and suggests as the only
differences the more depressed form, and the striation of the elytra.
Species that I have received from Mr. Bakewell, described in this
paper, and also Amazonian representatives from Mr. Bates have their
elytra perfectly simple, and only obscurely punctate ; while a species
of Agabus in the British Museum (A. latissimus of this paper) is quite
as much, or even more depressed than any species of Copelatus. If
the genus is allowed to stand, it will contain (so far as our know-
ledge extends at present) all species with sulcated or deeply striated
elytra, and, in addition to these, those species that are both depressed
and oblong, ovate, or subparallel in form. I have little doubt that
Col. parvulus of Boisduval (Voyage de l’ Astrolabe, p. 50), registered
by Aubé as an Agabus, will belong to this section of Copelatus.

1. C. Australia, n. sp.

C. oblongo-ovalis, elongatulus, punctato-striatus, niger; capite impunctato,
inter oculos undique bipustulato, nigro, ad apicem rufo adumbrato ;
thorace ad latera subrotundato, ad margines undique antice et postice
depresso et plus minus fortiter punctato, ad medium disci breviter
canaliculato, lineolis brevissimis punctiformibus veluti acuductis, antice
sparsis postice numerosis, nigro ad latera subrufulo; elytris sub-
parallelis sat productis, punctorum seriebus tribus, ad latera et ad
medium sparsim acuductis, nigris; pedibus antennisque rufo-fuscis vel
rufis ; ¢corpore subtus nigro.

Long. corp. 43 lin., lat. 13 lin.

C. Australie, though closely allied to C. acuductus, supplies several
points of difference, all of which combined will justify us in register-
ing it as a distinct species: in the thorax the medial longitudial
marking is hardly ever absent, though often obsolete ; in C. acuductus
it is never present: in the elytra of the species before us, the pecu-
liar line-like markings, which extend in C. acuductus over the whole
surface, are almost limited to the sides, are found very sparingly near
the middle, and near the suture are entirely absent: in this species
three striz-like rows of punctures are manifest, in C. acuductus they

and Gyrinide of Australasea. 21

are entirely absent ; this latter specific character is more valuable
than the former: three examples from Melbourne present the un-
foveolated thorax with elytra almost free from the minute impunc-
tate lines, but possessing the stric-like punctures as distinctly as the
species from Victoria. I am disposed to consider these three last
examples as but a geographical variety, and all as different speci-
fically from C. acuductus.

Mr. Bakewell has taken this species in Victoria, and has liberally
presented examples (with those of many other interesting species) to
the British Museum, as well as to my own collection.

2. C. acuductus, n. sp.

C. oblongo-ovalis, elongatulus, haud punctato-striatus, niger, ad latera
interdum rufescens; capite inter oculos bipunctato; thorace lateribus
subrotundatis, ad margines undique antice et postice depresso et
fortiter punctato, disco plano lineolis quam plurimis veluti acuductis
ornato ; elytris sat productis, hawd punctato-striatis, passim lineis punc-
tatis quasi acuductis ornatis, nigris; pedibus antennisque rufo-fuscis,
corpore subtus nigro.

Long. corp. 43 lin., lat. 14 lin.

After some hesitation, I record this as a species separate from C.
Australie; the absence of. any punctate striations, especially when
added to the entirely different arrangement of minute linear punc-
tures on the elytra, forbids the two forms to be placed together ; of
either I have before me both sexes. The only examples that I have
seen were taken by Mr. Bakewell, and, by that gentleman’s kindness,
have been placed in the collection of the British Museum and in my
cabinet, as well as his own.

3. C. simplex, n. sp.

C. niger, nitidus, elongato-ovalis, parallelus, sparsim punctatulus; capite
inter oculos undique binotato, ad basin subtiliter et parce punctato, ad
apicem rufo ; thorace hand antice emarginato, lateribus ad apicem con-
strictis et subrotundatis, tenuiter marginatis, basi recto haud sinuato,
ad discum levi, antice juxta marginem punctis transverse notato;
elytris parallelis, levibus, quatuor aut aliquando quinque seriebus

punctorum leviter et sparse notatis ; pedibus antennisque rufis, corpore
subtus nigro.

Long. corp. 23-3 lin., lat. 1-1} lin.
Distinguishable by its parallel and subdepressed form, and its
smooth, unstriated elytra.

Taken by Mr. Bakewell in Tasmania, and by him presented to
my cabinet.

22 Rev. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee and Gyrinide of Australasia.

4. C. Victoria, n. sp.

C. elongato-ovalis, parallelus, punctato-striatus, subtilissime punctatus,
fusco-niger, nitidus; capite inter oculos bifoveolato, sparsim punctato,
ad apicem et basin rufo; thorace antice emarginato, lateribus tenue
marginatis, ad basin sinuatis, disco subtiliter acuducto, antice trans-
verse punctato-depresso, ad medium longitudinaliter obscure foveolato,
rufo-fusco ad latera rufo; elytris tribus seriebus obsoletis punctorum
subliliter striato-punctulatis, ad margines aliquando rufis; pedibus an-
tennisque pallide rufis, corpore subtus ferrugineo.

Long. corp. 2+ lin., lat. 4 lin.

In details of structure very nearly allied to, but in general appear-
ance different from, C. simplex ; it is decidedly smaller in size, rufo-
ferruginous instead of black, and when seen under a high power less
glabrous. Besides these apparent differences, it will be seen that the
elytra differ in their strie-like punctures: in this species there are
three rows, minute, but closely and regularly arranged ; in C. simplea
there are four, and in some examples traces of five, the punctures of
which are much more scattered.

This species was taken in Victoria by Mr. Bakewell. In that
gentleman’s cabinet, as well as in the collections of the British
Museum and the Rev. H. Clark.

Tribe V. Dyviscip®.

Genus 1. HypEroprs, Hope (Coleopt. Manual, part 3. p. 166).
1. H. Shuckardii, Hope (loc. cit.).

I have examples before me of this species from Van Diemen’s
Land, as well as from Victoria; it is not rare in Australian collec-
tions: the description by Mr. Hope sufficiently characterizes it ; he
points out the great breadth of the medial tarsi of the male, having
evidently before him examples of the ordinary forms of ¢ and 9°.

It has long been known that among Hydradephaga two forms of
females are frequently to be met with, especially in the genera
Hydroporus and Dytiscus ; one smooth and glabrous like the males ;
the other rough, granulated, and opake. This second form is met
with in this genus, four examples of which are in the collections
of the British Museum, Mr. Bakewell’s, and my own. The surface
of the elytra (and less markedly so of the thorax) is coarsely and
closely vermiculated, so closely and coarsely as to give to it the
appearance of almost rough granulations: but, besides this third
form, I have in my collection a fourth form, or rather a form ex-
actly intermediate between the two forms of ? ; the surface is opake,

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Genus Dicranocephalus. 23

smooth, distinctly (but not deeply) vermiculate: I have seen, in Dr.
Powers’s cabinet, a similar and equally interesting connecting link
between the two forms of females of Dytiscus cirewmeinctus.

H. Shuckardit is in the cabinets of the British Museum, Oxford
University, Mr. Bakewell, Dr. Schaum, Mr. Waterhouse, and the
Rev. Hamlet Clark.

IV.—On certain additions to the Genus Dicranocephalus.
By Francis P. Pascor, F.L.S., &e.

Tue reality of the existence of species has been questioned by many
naturalists ; not, however, in the Darwinian sense—that is, that as
all organic beings have descended from “some one primordial form,”
they only differ from each other in degree, and, therefore, that
classes, orders, families, genera, and species only exist as artificial
combinations,—but in the sense of “ special creations,” and the im-
possibility of drawing any satisfactory line between species and
varieties.

The disbeliever in the material existence of species, however, need
not abandon the use of the term: as Agassiz has remarked, “species
exist as categories of thought, in the same way as genera, families,”
&c.; and the only difference between a species and a variety appears
to be, that in the first the distinctive characters are more important
or more numerous than in the second, and are not bridged over by
intermediate gradations, as is frequently observed in the variety.
Latterly the word subspecies has been adopted to express a grade be-
tween species and variety, but at the same time it has been generally
connected with, or assumed to be limited to, a certain geographical
area. As I take it, the subspecies being dependent for its differential
characters on physical, perhaps combined with other causes, and those
causes being removed, it would return sooner or later to the normal
condition of the species from which it had originally been derived.
The species of many genera are, however, so homomorphous, as often
to suggest the idea of their having had a common parentage ; and no
doubt it will be found to be so in many cases where their describers
have been but too ready to consider the slightest variation of specific
importance*.

* A striking instance of this occurs in Paludomus aculeatus, a river shell of
Ceylon, which, according to Mr. Blanford, in a communication to the Linnean
Society, has been split into no less than twenty-four species, all of which he demon-
strated, by a large series of specimens exhibited at the meeting, to be reducible to
one! (Trans. vol. xxiii. p. 603.)

24 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Genus Dicranocephalus.

These remarks are rendered necessary, because, in the following
proposed additions to the genus Dicranocephalus*, I do not put
forward the three forms described as “ undoubted species,””—although
it would not be difficult to cite many instances where, in other cases,
this has been done on slighter grounds ; nor are they, in the present
state of our knowledge, te be considered as merely geographical sub-
species, and still less as instances of dimorphism. It is possible, and
indeed not unlikely, that intermediate forms may hereafter be received.
There is but a moderate gap to be bridged over; but, until that is done,
I am sure that it would be contrary to all ordinary notions of specific
distinction to unite them under the same name.

The first of these forms, Dicranocephalus Wallichii, was brought
from Nepaul by General Hardwicke more than thirty years ago, and
was described? by the late Rev. F. W. Hope in Gray’s ‘ Zoological
Miscellany,’ afterwards figuredt by Gory and Percheron in their
work on the ‘ Cetonides,” and later by Prof. Westwood in his
‘Arcana.’ I believe there were only two representatives of the
genus in Europe until Mr. Fortune went to China, when he sent
home altogether a large number of specimens, which were, and have
continued to be, referred to D. Wallichiti. Mr. Bowring, however,
as I understand, protested from the first at considering it identical
with the old species. It is not merely as a compliment, therefore,
that I have named it after him.

Within the last week or two I have been presented with a fine set
of Coleoptera collected in Japan, the coast of Mantchouria, south of
the Amoor, &c., by Arthur Adams, Esq., late Surgeon of H.M.S.
‘ Actseon ;’ and among others there was a specimen of the genus from
Chosan, in the Corean Peninsula, which, on comparison, I found to

* Often erroneously spelt Dicronocephalus.

+ Shortly described, but without a word of a generic kind. Déicranocephalus
remained a mere cata!ogue name until the publication of the third volume of the
‘ Genera des Coléoptéres ;’ M. Lacordaire must therefore be cited as its autho-
rity. MM. Gory and Percheron, in their hybrid jargon, called it ‘“ Goliath
Wellech.” Dicranocephalus itself is an abominably unwieldy name, and had
been previously used by Hahn for a genus of Hemiptera, but it does not appear
to have been adopted.

t The figure is very characteristic, and correctly drawn and coloured. That
in the ‘Arcana,’ from its position, is less satisfactory, and is coloured a pale
green. Mr. Hope’s phrase is “ pallide flavo-viridis.’” I should have thought
that the British Museum specimen, from which Professor Westwood took his
drawing, might originally have been green, but that the words of the French
authors, “ gris-jawndtre,” are as applicable at this moment as they probably were
originally.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Genus Dicranocephalus. 25

differ from the other two, and this I have dedicated to the generous
donor. I will first give the diagnostic characters of the three forms,
and then a comparative view of their differences, which will be more
intelligible, I think, than a more minute description.

Dicranocephalus Wallichii, Hope.
D. griseo-pubescens; prothorace lato, turgido, carinis duabus, medio,
elongatis; elytris breviter subquadratis.
Hab. Nepaul.

Dicranocephalus Bowringit.
D. griseo-pubescens; prothorace-modice convexo, carinis duabus, medio,
distinctis, brevibus ; elytris angulo humerali triangulari-impresso.
Hab, North China.

Dicranocephalus Adamsii.

D. griseo-pubescens; prothorace modice convexo, carinis duabus, medio,

parum obsoletis; elytris angulo humerali rotundato, haud impresso.
Hab. Corea.

The first, D. Wallichii, is a very much broader insect; the pro-
thorax very convex, and swollen anteriorly, and, if viewed in profile,
presenting a very considerable curve,—the two carine on its disk
distinctly raised, narrowly and strongly defined, and, from the curve,
appearing much longer; the elytra are broader and more quadrate,
that is, less narrowed behind; and the tarsi are testaceous yellow,
ringed with black.

The second, D. Bowringii, has also the tarsi coloured in the same
way, and the carine on the prothorax are equally well defined,
although shorter; but the other characters present a marked contrast
to the above.

The third, D. Adamsii, has the tarsi entirely black ; and the carinze
have nearly disappeared, leaving only two broad marks, which
gradually shade off on each side, but are tolerably distinct in the
middle, owing fo the sudden dip of the longitudinal cavity, which is
alike common to all the forms ; and the humeral angle, which forms
a sort of boss, is rounded, and without the triangular cavity of D.
Bowringit.

These are not all the differences between the two last forms. D.
Adamsii has the basal joint of the anterior tarsus not longer than
the second, and the intermediate and posterior tibize are much shorter
than the corresponding parts in D. Bowringii; in the former the

26 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

head is broader within the two lines which extend up the front
from the horns, and is without the concavity which distinguishes
the other.

Briefly to sum up the most prominent points, D. Wallichii is
distinguished from the other two by its greater breadth and its
turgid prothorax, and D. Bowringii from D. Adamsii by the trian-
gular impression on the shoulders, always filled in by the pubescence
which has escaped the abrasion which is suffered by the more pro-
jecting parts.

V.—WNotices of new or little-known Genera and Species of Coleoptera.
By Francis P. Pascoz, F.L.S., ce.

470
[Continued from vol. i. p. 374]
Part IV.

Srrepomorrna | Carabide }.
Westwood, Trans. Linn. Soe. xviii. p. 415.

Silphomorpha speciosa.
S. late ovata, subtilissime punctata, viridi-purpureo-metallica, nitida,
subtus nigro-chalybeata ; antennis ferrugineis.
Hab. Queensland.

Broadly ovate, very minutely punctured, deep golden green, with
brilliant dark purple or violet reflexions; body beneath and legs black,
with a chalybeate gloss ; femora greenish metallic ; antennze and palpi
ferrugmous; eyes pale; head finely corrugated and punctured, deep
violet, bordered with green in front, the lip black; prothorax very
transverse, bisinuate anteriorly, with very minute punctures, and
divided by irregular lines into exceedingly fine reticulations ; scutellum
triangular, black; elytra lightly seriate-punctate, the interspaces also
minutely punctured ; body beneath finely corrugated, the penultimate
abdominal segment deeply emarginate; tarsi dark ferruginous. Length
8 lines.

This magnificent species is very distinct from any other in the
remarkable subfamily to which it belongs, but apparently a true
Silphomorpha. The purple or dark-violet reflexion (it is difficult to
fix which colour-name is most appropriate) is more decided at the
base and centre of the elytra, and is also very marked at the sides
of the prothorax. In my collection, and I believe unique. A coloured
figure will be given in a supplemental plate.

iw
“I

Genera and Species of Coleoptera.

CrpHatopesmivs [Scarabeidee |.
Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1 ser. iv. p. 117.

Cephalodesmius laticollis.

C. niger, opacus; clypeo antice bidentato, dentibus duobus mediis basi
separatis ; prothorace elytris latiore.
Hab. Queensland.

Dull black, opake ; head very transverse; the clypeus four-toothed,
the two central teeth longest, linear, subparallel, and widely separated
at the base ; prothorax very broad, wider than the elytra, and present-
ing an almost foliaceous margin at the side anteriorly ; elytra obsoletely
striated, slightly convex, almost concave towards the shoulder; body
beneath and legs dull black; palpi ferruginous. Length 7 lines.

Well distinguished from Cephalodesmius armiger, Westw., the
only species of this genus hitherto described, by the slight convexity
of its upper surface, the breadth of the prothorax, by the direction
of the two central teeth of the clypeus, and their separation at the
base. The head is also broader and shorter, the legs longer, and the
abdomen more contracted.

Dratetrum [Scaphidide }.

Caput collo elongato ; oculis magnis, integris, rotundatis. Antenne graciles,
clava quinque-articulata. Palpi subulati, acuti. Seutellum liberum.
Pedes elongati, tibtis bicalcaratis. Mesosternum carinatum.

Notwithstanding the extraordinary form of this insect, owing to
its exceedingly long neck, it is very closely allied to Scaphidium,
differing from it principally in that respect and in its entire and
prominent eyes. As in the Scaphidide generally, the abdomen has
six segments, and the prothorax and elytra have the same peculiar
punctation. Mr. Wallace has taken it both in Sumatra and in Borneo.

Diatelium Wallacei. (PI. II. fig. 2.)

D. fulva, nitida; capite, prothoracis basi et medio, elytrorum macula
discoidea clavaque antennarum nigris.
Hab. Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak).

Fulvous yellow, very smooth and shining; head and neck nearly as
long as the rest of the body together, black, the latter finely corrugated
transversely ; eyes fulvous; antennz pale testaceous, short, arising from
a round fovea in front of each eye, the last five joints black, forming a
loose club; prothorax rounded anteriorly, convex, the middle and base
black ; scutellum black ; elytra rather depressed, a large black discoidal
spot on each; body beneath fulvous; cox, base and extremity of the
femora, the mesothorax, and the episterna of the metathorax, as well
as its posterior border, black. Length 6 lines.

28 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Crinicus [ Scydmeenidee }.
Laporte, Ann. de Soc. Ent. de France, i. p. 397.

Clidicus formicarius. (Pl. II. fig. 3.)

C. setulosus, rufo-piceus ; prothorace subcordato ; pedibus piceis.
Hab, Borneo (Sarawak).

Rufous pitchy, covered with short, stiff, erect hairs; head almost
obsoletely punctured, shortly triangular, bilobed behind, an elevated
transverse interocular ridge beneath which and at each end arise the
antennee; eyes very small, round, lateral; antennze claviform, the basal
joint obconic, as long as the next four together, and more or less trian-
gular, gradually increasing in size to the seventh, the last four shortly
transverse ; lip and epistome short, transverse ; mandibles short, curved,
glossy black; maxillary palpi very long, the last joint ovate, pointed,
and nearly as long as the preceding, the labial short, the last joint subu-
late ; prothorax obscurely punctured, subcordate, considerably rounded
anteriorly, narrower than the head, to which it is attached by a short
neck ; scutellum very small, triangular ; elytra ovate, convex, each with
six shallow striz, which are very coarsely punctured ; anterior coxe
elongate, contiguous, the middle and posterior separated by a slight
interval; femora subclavate ; tibiz fusiform, unarmed; tarsi subfili-
form, all their joints, except the last, of equal length; abdominal seg-
ments six; winged (?). Length 3 lines.

To Clidicus belongs the genus Hrineus, Walker. The species de-
scribed by him (£. monstrosus) differs from the above in its sub-
quadrate prothorax and other characters. Clidicus grandis, Lap., is
a more slender form, with longer legs, antenne, &c.

Narcisa ['Trogositide ]. ‘
Caput insertum, fronte verticali. Oculi divisi, swperiores remoti, verticales.

Antenne breves, articulo primo incrassato, clava subunilaterali triarti-

culata. Mazille lobo interiore obsoleto. Prothorazx transversus, late-

ribus foliaceis. Elytra marginibus subdilatata, serrulata. Corpus ovatum,
subdepressum.

This genus will be at once distinguished from Anacypta by the
remoteness of the upper eyes, and the serrulate and partially dilated
border of the elytra ; and from Gymnochila by the foliaceous sides of
the prothorax, and by the less decided unilateral position of the club
of the antennze, as well as by habit.

Nareisa decidua. (PI. III. fig. 5.)

N. obovata, pallide ferruginea, squamis albidis tecta; antennis rufes-
centibus.
Hab. Batchian.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 29

Obovate, pale ferruginous, rather sparsely covered with greyish-white
scales; head dark brown, deeply set in the prothorax ; eyes black, rather
small, vertical, remote; antenne rufous, the club partially unilateral,
with its first two joints very transverse; external maxillary lobe
narrow, ciliated, the internal obsolete; maxillary palpi with the ter-
minal joint elongate-ovate, of the labial shortly ovate ; prothorax more
than twice as broad as long, the sides dilated, their edges with rounded
serratures; scutellum transverse, rounded behind; elytra narrower than
the prothorax at the base, dilated at the shoulder, then gradually rounded
with the margin less and less dilated to the apex, its edges serrated and
fringed with setose scales (where the scales have fallen off, the elytra
are seen to be crenate-striate, with traces of darker or brownish spots,
which form a sort of band, one near the base, the other towards the
apex); body beneath dark brown, the legs paler and covered with
smaller scales. Length 53 lines.

Lererina [ Trogositidee ].
Erichson in Germar, Zeitschr. fiir die Entom. vy. p. 453.

Leperina turbata.

L. late oblonga, aterrima, supra fusco-nigro squamosa, fasciculis nigris
plus minus elongatis induta ; elytris subparallelis, maculis duabus albis
posticis.

Hab. Australia (Sydney ?).

Broadly oblong, deep black, rather closely covered with small black
and greyish scales, mixed with more or less elongate, erect or semi-erect
scaly hairs, generally collected together in fascicles; head and pro-
thorax with coarse scattered punctures, from which the scales arise ;
these are principally directed forwards, and are mostly greyish, a few
only being black; a fascicle of black hair-like scales over each eye, and
a large one nearly adjoining on each side the prothorax, on the latter
a slightly raised median line; scutellum triangular, fasciculate; elytra
nearly parallel, with two strongly marked cost, three long black
fascicles (longitudinally disposed), among many smaller ones, on each,
between the middle and apical fascicles a silvery-white patch ; legs and
body beneath black, coarsely punctured, and sparsely covered with
ereyish setose scales; the prosternum smooth and polished. Length
6 lines.

Tn its long scaly fascicles this species resembles Leperina cirrosa
(ante, vol. i. p. 100), but is much larger and proportionally broader,
and the white scales are chiefly confined to a single spot on each
elytron.

Crrve [ Nitidulidee ].

Caput late triangulare, ante antennas sulcatum. Antenne breves, duo-
decim-articulate ; clava ovata, triarticulata. Palpi crassi, cylindrici.

30 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Tibie trigonate. Tarsi quatuor- vel quinque-articulati, articulis tribus

primis dilatatis, brevissimis. Corpus depressum.

The curious little insect constituting this genus belongs to the
subfamily Rhizophagine, hitherto composed of Rhizophagus only,
but to which I would also refer Zurops, Woll., and Nomophlaeus* and
Hesperobenus, Motsch.t The two latter, however, appear to me to
be identical. There are several discrepancies among authors in their
descriptions of Rhizophagus. In the first place, Erichson denies that
there are two lobes to the maxilla, as Curtis had represented; but
M. J. du Val says that in this he is most certainly in error. Again,
M. Lacordaire allows only ten joints to the antenne, the ninth and
tenth forming the club. M.J. du Val gives eleven; but in the two
species which he has figured in his great work (‘ Coléopt. d’ Europe ’)
twelve are represented, as is the case also in Mr. Curtis’s plate. As
M. J. du Val states, there are unquestionably two lobes to the
maxilla; and as unquestionably, I should say, are the antennze
twelve-jointed, as MM. Curtis and Migneaux have represented,—the
last forming a little knob on the eleventh; but the two, although
minute, are perfectly distinct. Exception may be taken that these
are not true articulations, especially the last; but in any case the
ninth has nothing to do with the club. They are here described as
12-jointed, as I cannot understand on what principle the last is to
be ignored any more than the one preceding it. The line of punc-
tures, which form a sort of oval on the prothorax, recalls the impres-

* Whilst these sheets were passing through the press, I have had the oppor-
tunity of examining for the first time Dr. Leconte’s ‘ Classification of the Coleo-
ptera of North America.’ In this work Hesperobenus and Nomophieus are placed
in the new family ‘“ Monotomide,” which is “at once” separated from all
Nitidulide by the ‘‘ form of the anterior coxe ”’ (rounded in the former, transverse
in the latter). Under the microscope it appeared to me that in some a transverse
form was more or less assumed when the leg was thrown backwards; this was
the case with the large, apparently rounded cox of Crine ; but in Hurops they
are decidedly transverse. It is only necessary to examine the more recent ento-
mological works (particularly the ‘Genera des Coléoptéres d’Europe,’ passim) to
see the wide divergence of statements in reference to mere matters of fact, where
they concern the minute structures. On this account I hesitate trusting im-
plicitly to these delicate characters, so difficult in most cases to realize.

+ I have been unable to procure Colonel Motschulsky’s ‘Etudes Ento-
mologiques,’ in which, I presume, these genera were proposed. I believe the
work was never regularly in the market, and can only be procured in an indirect
manner. It is a question how far this is a publication. I have seen portions of
the work in the library of the Linnean Society, but have not met with any indica-
tions of the two genera in question. I haye, however, received type-specimens
through M. Schaufuss, of Dresden.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 31

sions which are common to many Colydide. There is some doubt
as to the tarsi: the anterior has five joints, although the basal one
is only visible from beneath, as shown in the right-hand figure
(Pl. III. fig. 1); but the remainder appear to have only four. The
head, from its great breadth, appears to be only very slightly ex-
serted. I have five or six species of this subfamily in my collection,
which I have not yet examined.

Crine cephalotes. (Pl. III. fig. 1.)

C. ferruginea, nitida; capite prothoraceque vage, elytris seriatim punc-
tatis.
Hab. Ega (Amazons).

Short, depressed, ferruginous, shining, the sides nearly straight, but
gradually becoming narrower from the eye to the last abdominal seg-
ment; head and prothorax with large, scattered, shallow punctures,
the latter with a smooth central ovate space, slightly contracted ante-
worly, extending from the base to the fore margin, and surrounded by
a line of strong punctures ; scutellum nearly triangular; elytra abruptly
rounded at the apex, with about seven rows of oblong punctures on
each; pygidium strongly punctured; legs and body beneath ferru-
ginous ; abdomen, except the basal segment, strongly punctured; eyes
dark brown ; head large, triangular, deflexed, with a groove extending
from the insertion of the antenne to the mandibles; epistome very
small, concealing the lip; eyes lateral, prominent; antennee exposed
at the base, twelve-jointed, the first large, obconic, the second and
third successively smaller, the fourth to the ninth inclusive subequal in
length, but gradually becoming more and more transverse, the tenth
largest of all, and with the gradually diminishing eleventh and twelfth
forming a shortly ovate club; palpi short, stout; labium oblong,
mentum transverse ; prothorax transversely quadrate ; elytra as broad
as the prothorax at the base; legs short, cox subremote, interfemoral
process truncate anteriorly ; tibiz trigonate, the border at the distal end
spinous beneath; tarsi short, the anterior five-jointed, the last as long
as the rest together; abdomen with five segments, the three interme-
diate very short and equal. Length 1 line.

Puormesa [ Colydiidee ].

Caput insertum, subquadratum, ante oculos dilatatum. Antenne basi
tectze, clava biarticulata, sulcis antennariis brevibus. Mentum qua-
dratum. Marille lobis angustatis. Prothorax transversus, antice
sinuatus, marginibus dilatatis, crenatis. Zbie lineares, breviter calca-
rate. Zarsi articulis tribus primis brevibus.

It will be seen from these characters that this genus differs but in
few particulars from Bitoma; the presence of antennary grooves and

the dilated margin of the prothorax are, however, of too much im-

ao Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

portance to allow of its being referred to that group. Bitoma prolata
(ante, vol. i. p. 102) belongs to Phormesa*.

Phormesa lunaris. (Pl. III. fig. 6.)

P. fusca; prothorace lateribus rotundatis, utrinque bicostato, costis vix
elevatis, interiore postice duplicata, exteriore interrupta ; elytris luteo
bifasciatis.

Hab. New Guinea (Dorey).

Moderately broad, dark brown; head finely and thickly granulose,
considerably dilated before the eyes, and hiding the basal joint of the
antenne ; mentum quadrate ; labium transverse, slightly emarginate ;
maxillary lobes narrow ; prothorax rough, granulated, rather contracted
at the base, the disk with two slightly elevated coste on each side, the
interior approximating anteriorly, and forming a short, closed canal
towards the head, posteriorly also approximating, then doubling back,
and forming a short loop at the base, the exterior costa interrupted in
the middle ; elytra ovate, wider than the prothorax at its junction, with
five crenulated costz on each, the intervals with a double row of large,
deeply impressed punctures, a yellow semilunar band near the middle,
and a narrower and straighter one below it; legs pale ferruginous;
body beneath dark brown. Length 13 line.

On comparison with Phormesa prolata it will be seen that, besides
the markings on the elytra, the differences will be found chiefly in
the prothorax, which in that species is not contracted, except close
to the base, and is then a little before the base as broad as the
elytra, that the costz are much more strongly marked, and the
outer one especially is entire in its whole length. Phormesa prolata
is also larger, and proportionally not so broad.

Phormesa inornata.

P. fusca ; prothorace lateribus medio subparallelis, basi rotundatis, utrinque
bicostato, interiore postice duplicata, exteriore vix elevata ; elytris pos-
tice obsolete luteo signatis.

Hab. New Guinea (Dorey).

A longer species than the last; the sides of the prothorax less
regularly rounded, and broader in proportion to its length, the ex-
ternal costa straighter and nearly entire ; the elytra altogether brown,
except a very faint spot on each near the base.

* The diagnosis for this will now read thus :—

Phormesa prolata.
P. fusca; prothorace utrinque bicostato, costis fortiter elevatis, interiore postice
duplicata ; elytris obsolete luteo-maculatis.
Hab. Batchian.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 33

Phormesa demissa.

P. angustior, fusca; capite subreticulato; prothorace lateribus antice
rotundatis, dein subparallelis, basi vix constricto, utrinque bicostato,
costa interiore postice incurvata; elytris lateribus subparallelis.

Hab. Malabar.

Much narrower than the preceding, brown ; head rugosely punctured,
with a few irregular and slightly elevated lines, so disposed as to form
a kind of network; prothorax broadly margined, the disk with two
elevated lines on each side, the interior approximating anteriorly and
forming a short canal, strongly incurved at the base, the exterior costa
entire; elytra rather broader posteriorly, each with five coste, the in-
tervals broad and marked with a double row of coarse obscurely defined
punctures ; body beneath chestnut-brown ; legs and antennze yellowish
testaceous. Length 13 line.

Narrower than the other species of this genus, and easily distin-
guished from them by the form of the cost of the prothorax and the
reticulated head.

Inrestvs [ Colydiide }.

Caput quadratum, ante oculos dilatatum. Oculi rotundati, prominentes.
Antenne articulis duobus primis incrassatis, clava triarticulata. Palpi
labiales articulo ultimo ovato, obtuso. Prothoraxr subquadratus, irre-
gulariter sulcatus, lateribus marginatis, serrulatis. Elytra costata.
Pedes graciles; tibiis anguste trigonatis, calcaratis ; tarsis brevibus.

Near Lasconotus (subfamily Synchitine), a genus very briefly cha-
racterized by Erichson. The eyes, however, are said to be entirely
covered by the dilated borders of the head—an unusual structure in
this family. Here they are more than usually prominent. In the
female of the species described below, the prothorax is more decidedly
transverse than in the male.

Dr. Leconte, in the ‘ Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia,’ 1859, p. 282, has shortly described a Colydian
which he refers to this genus; he observes that it is ‘at once re-
cognized by its concave head and three-jointed club of the antenne,”’
but nothing is said in reference to the unusual position of the eyes.
It is from Punta de los Reyos in California.

Illestus terrenus. (Pl. III. fig. 4.)

J. fuscus vel rufo-fuscus, opacus ; oculis nigris.
Hab. Mexico.

Dark brown or reddish brown, opake; head partially exserted, qua-
drate, finely granulated; eyes round, prominent, black ; antennse with
the basal joint thickened, partially covered at the base, the second also

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34 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

thickened but shorter, the third as long as the first, the remainder to
the eighth shorter and more or less transverse, the three last forming an
ovate, compact club; maxillary lobes narrow, fringed; mentum sub-
quadrate, rounded in front; labium transverse, narrower behind ; ter-
minal joint of the maxillary palpi ovate-triangular, of the labial ovate,
obtuse; prothorax somewhat quadrate, but with the sides contracted in
the middle, produced at the anterior and slightly emarginate at the
posterior angle, the margin rather dilated, especially anteriorly, and
serrulate, the disk finely granulated; an elevated line on each side,
which are nearly parallel in front, then slightly diverging, after which
they approach to form a V-shaped mark, without however becoming
connected, each then encloses a lozenge-shaped cavity and terminates at
a short distance from the base; outside the line the prothorax is rather
concave, with a slight ridge posteriorly; elytra with five strongly
marked cost, the intervals broad, with a double row of coarse punc-
tures; body beneath dark chestnut-brown, reticulate-rugose; legs
rather slender; tibize gradually thicker towards the extremity and
slightly spurred ; tarsi short, the first three joints nearly equal. Length
2-3 lines.
Nematrpivum [ Colydiidee].
Erichson, Naturg. der Ins. Deutschl. i. p. 275.

Nematidium mustela. (Pl. III. fig. 10.)

N. ferrugineum; capite antice subdepresso; elytris striato-punctatis.
Hab. Rio; Para.

Linear, elongate, ferruginous; head finely punctured, moderately
convex, somewhat flattened in front, the eyes rather large, black ; pro-
thorax half as long as the elytra, finely punctured, the sides slightly
incurved ; scutellum small, rounded; elytra striate-punctate, the in-
tervals also punctured mostly in an irregular row ; body beneath finely
punctured ; legs luteous testaceous. Length 23-35 lines.

I have no hesitation in considering the insect just described a
Nematidium, a genus founded on the Colydium cylindricum, Fab.,
and which, but for the expression “ elytris levissimis,” might have
been identical, so far as his short description goes. Whether the
Nematidium costipenne, J, du Val, really belongs to the genus is, I
think, doubtful. I have another Nematidiwn among Mr. Bates’s
Amazons Colydiide *, which differs from the above principally in
its more slender form, shorter and more convex head, and elytra
more than twice as long as the prothorax. Like Colydium, the first
abdominal segment is nearly as large as the succeeding one. My
description is drawn up from the largest of the two specimens now
before me, which is from Rio, and belongs to Mr. Fry.

* The Colydiide of this collection will form the subject of a distinct paper.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 35

Boruriverss [ Colydide }.
Erichson, Naturg. der Ins. Deutschl. ii. p. 288.

Bothrideres? rhysodoides. (P1. III. fig. 11.)

B.? elongatus, castaneus, nitidus; prothorace lateribus postice angulatis,
disco profunde longitudinaliter excavato, basi canaliculato; elytris
ovato-oblongis, singulo quinquecostato, costa secunda abbreviata.

Hab. New Guinea (Dorey).

Narrowly elongate, chestnut-brown, shining; head shortly ovate, very
convex in front, minutely punctured ; eyes large, round, rather promi-
nent; antennz scarcely longer than the head, the club a little longer
than broad, the last joint nearly as large as the preceding one; pro-
thorax rather elongate, the anterior angles produced, the sides rounded,
but considerably contracted posteriorly, the disk with a deep ovoid
longitudinal impression extending its whole length except a little in
front, but which is narrower posteriorly, (there is a very faint trace of
a raised central line or space) ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra narrowly
ovate, the shoulders a little produced, the base wider than the pro-
thorax at its junction, each with five coste, the first sutural, moderately
raised, the second extending to only about a third the length of the
elytron, the remainder very strongly elevated, punctation nearly obso-

. lete; body beneath smooth, shining, impunctate; legs moderately long,
tibie of the anterior and intermediate pairs slightly serrated externally ;
tarsi about half the length of the tibize. Length 3 lines.

Resembles a Rhysodes in habit. As the specimen now before me
is unique, I must, without an examination of its trophi, satisfy myself
with referring it to Bothrideres.

Bothrideres? nocturnus. (Pl. III. fig. 12.)

B.? elongato-ovatus, robustus, castaneus, nitidus ; prothorace disco linea
parallelogrammum includente impressa ; elytris profunde striato-punc-
tatis ; antennarum articulo ultimo preecedente majore.

Hab. New Guinea (Dorey).

Elongate-ovate, reddish-chestnut, shining; head considerably ex-
serted, hollowed out between the eyes, thinly punctured, the lip nearly
hidden by the clypeus; antenne not longer than the head, the terminal
joint larger in every way than the preceding one; eyes large, very pro-
minent ; prothorax scarcely longer than wide, the anterior angles pro-
minent, but not projecting, the sides rounded, much contracted and
sinuate at the base, with a deep fovea on each side near the angle, the
disk covered with very small distant punctures, and having in its
centre a deeply impressed line including a parallelogrammical space ;
seutellum nearly punctiform; elytra rounded at the sides, the base
slightly contracted, but much broader than the prothorax at its junc-
tion, striato-punctate, the interstices scarcely raised, except the third

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36 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

one at the base, the first stria much deeper than the others; body
beneath chestnut, finely and remotely, the mesosternum and last four
abdominal segments coarsely punctured; legs stout; tibize short, all
strongly spurred, the anterior and intermediate pairs trigonate, dilated
and toothed externally; tarsi nearly as long as their corresponding
tibie. Length 3 lines.

This species is also referred doubtfully to Bothrideres, principally
on account of the large terminal joint of the club, and the short and
unusually trigonate tibize ; these characters are, however, chiefly ones
of degree, and not of plan. An examination of the trophi (which,
as the specimen is unique, I have not attempted) might probably
afford stronger grounds for its generic separation.

Macatores [Colydiide }.

Caput receptum, triangulare, sulcis antennariis. Antenne breves, articulo
primo incrassato, libero, clava biarticulata. Prothorax sulcatus, postice
transversim fissus. Elytra ovata, costata. Pedes robusti; protibiis sub-
trigonatis, anterioribus spina terminali; tars?s brevibus.

A very distinct genus, although, from its widely separated cox
and large basal segment of the abdomen, allied to Bothrideres. The
sculpture of the prothorax is, however, peculiar, owing to the pre-
sence of a deep transverse cleft posteriorly, dividing, and even dipping
below the longitudinal grooves by which the disk is indented. I
regret that, having only a single specimen, for which I am indebted
to Mr. Bowring, I cannot throw any light on the structure of its
mouth, which might perhaps have afforded some clue to its affinities ;
but if it has no connexion with Dastarcus—and even in that case it
cannot be a near one—it must remain for the time an isolated genus
among the Bothriderine as they have been defined by Erichson.

Machlotes porcatus. (PI. III. fig. 13.)

M. fuscus, opacus ; prothorace utrinque tricostato ; elytris profunde sulcato-
punctatis, interstitiis elevatis.
Hab, Penang.

Dark brown, opake, the antennz and legs subrufous ; head inserted
to the eyes in the prothorax, small, and coarsely punctured; antennz
not longer than the breadth of the head, uncovered at their insertion,
the basal joint very thick, the remainder more or less transverse, the
tenth and eleventh forming a short circular club, of which the last joint
is much the smallest; antennary grooves well marked; eyes round ;
prothorax about half as long again as broad, narrowed behind, truncate
and a little gibbous in front, slightly rounded at the sides, the anterior
angles prominent,—the disk with three very strong costze on each side,

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 37

which are interrupted posteriorly by a deep irregular cleft completely
dividing the four central costz, but less perfectly each of the lateral
ones, the fissure moreover in their case extending forward to near the
middle of the side, where it forms a deep notch ; scutellum punctiform ;
elytra elongate-ovate, deeply and broadly sulcated, the sulcations pitted
with large squarish punctures, the interstices strongly raised and
minutely crenate ; prosternum coarsely punctured, with a pale curved
seta arising from each puncture; meso- and metasternum and abdomen
with very large scattered punctures; anterior coxe widely apart; legs
rather robust; the protibize with two distinct spines; the tarsi short,
with the claw-joint shorter than the three preceding ones. Length
13 line.

On Plate III. fig. 7, I have represented the trophi of a species of
Dastarcus, Walker. They are from a specimen given me by Mr.
Bowring, who took several individuals at Penang. They differ from
Dastarcus confinis, Pasc., only in their smaller size, and may safely
be referred to that species. The only points I would call attention
to, at present, are the central insertion of the maxillary palpus
(owing, apparently, to a dilatation of the external lobe and its stipes)
and the large hook-shaped apex of the internal lobe, not very plainly
distinguishable in the figure, owing to the fringe of hairs which
borders it, but perfectly distinct in the original.

PrratopHora [ Colydide ].
Westwood, Cabin. of Orient. Entom. p. 85.

Petalophora brevimana. (PI. II. fig. 9.)

P. nigra, subnitida; prothorace haud canaliculato; elytris singulis sex-
costatis; tibiis anticis breviusculis.
Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

Black, slightly nitid, with the antenne and palpi reddish pitchy ;
head rather coarsely punctured, slightly produced below the eyes,
with a strongly elevated mesial ridge ; epistome not apparent ; labrum
transverse, subemarginate (not semicircular), fringed with golden-yellow
hairs; antennze fully exposed at their insertion, the club compressed
and covered with short hairs; prothorax turgid, subquadrangular,
gradually narrower towards the base, the sides straight, the front irre-
gular, very obtuse, with a small vertical tooth on each anterior angle ;
the disk coarsely punctured, not canaliculate, but furnished with a
central line, on each side of which at the base are two short diverging
ridges; scutellum small, triangular; elytra parallel, gradually rounded
at the apex, broader than the prothorax at its base, each with five
strongly marked coste (including the sutural) extending its whole
length, and another less marked and shorter at the side, the intervals
coarsely punctured; legs robust, the anterior tibie very broad and

38 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

short; posterior coxe remote, with the first abdominal segment
largest. Length 5 lines.

The type of this very rare genus, Petalophora costata, is from
Java, and differs from the one described above in its canaliculate
prothorax, elytra with three cost only on each, but above all by
its having a triarticulate club. Under ordinary circumstances, or if
the latter character had been accompanied by any difference in
habit, the two could not have been treated as congeneric ; as it is,
there is such a decided affinity between them, that their separation,
except as species, would not be justifiable. Petalophora, from the
greater size of the basal segment of the abdomen and the widely
separated posterior coxee, must be placed with the Bothriderine near
Sosylus, and not with the Colydiine as has been done in the ‘ Genera
des Coléoptéres,’ the learned author not having seen it, and Pro-
fessor Westwood having omitted to give the only two characters by
which its position could be ascertained.

Merorrustzs [ Colydiide }.

Caput receptum, subverticale. Antenne breves, liberee, clava biarticulata,
compressa, rotundata, sulco antennario laterali. Prothorax suboyatus,
levis. Elytra subparallela, carinata. Tibie breves, subtrigonate,
calearate. Tarsi elongati, articulo primo majore. Corpus cylin-
dricum. (Coxee posticze distantes. Abd. segmento primo majore. )

The specimen from which this diagnosis is drawn being unique,
I have not been able to examine the parts of the mouth; the genus,
however, affords very distinctive peculiarities in its external cha-
racters, approximating most nearly to Petalophora, but differing in
the form of the prothorax, antenne, &e.

Metopiestes hirtifrons. (Pl. ILI. fig. 2.)
M. fusco-castaneus, nitidus; fronte fulvo-tomentosa; antennis rufescen-
tibus.
Hab. New Guinea (Dorey).

Subcylindrical, dark chestnut-brown, shining; head deeply inserted
in the prothorax, subvertical, the front densely covered with short
fulvous hairs ; antennze 11-jointed, free at their insertion, the basal joint
ovate, incrassate, the second longer than the following, pyriform, inserted
at the top and side of the first, the rest transverse, the two last forming
a round compressed club; antennal groove short, distinct, lateral ;
eye rather large, ovate; lip transverse; prothorax somewhat ovate,
smooth, very convex, rounded in front and at the sides, slightly con-
tracted behind, bisinuate at the base, covered with small, oblong,
rather distant punctures, a short semicircular elevated line close to

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 39

the scutellum; scutellum small, ovate; elytra parallel, rather wider
than the base of the prothorax, to which they are closely approximate,
each with five very marked elevated lines, the wide excavated grooves
between these impunctate, but with a faint trace of another line; body
beneath dark chestnut; legs reddish chestnut; femora very robust;
tibize short, subtrigonal, spurred, the anterior very strongly curved ;
tarsi elongate, the basal larger than the two following, especially the
intermediate and posterior. Length 33 lines.

PerntHELIspa [ Colydude ].
Pascoe, Journ. of Entom. i. p. 111.

Penthelispa Truquit.
P. fusco-castanea, subnitida; prothorace convexo, fortiter punctato, late-
ribus antice rotundatis, medio paullo constrictis.
Hab. Mexico.

Chestnut-brown, the elytra sometimes with a more reddish tint than
the rest, subnitid; head coarsely punctured; antenne rather stout, the
last joint of the club somewhat narrower than the preceding one; pro-
thorax rather longer than broad, the anterior angles produced, the
sides rounded anteriorly, but a little constricted in the middle, then
again slightly rounded and contracting to the base, the disk convex,
without any central depression, and very coarsely punctured ; scutellum
transversely rounded; elytra broadest nearly at the base, and very
slightly rounded at the sides for two-thirds its length, the anterior
angle not produced, strongly striato-punctate, the punctures shortly
linear; body beneath dark chestnut-brown, shining, very coarsely
punctured; legs dark brown. Length 2 lines.

There is a great similarity between the various species of Penthe-
lispa*, but the prothorax appears to offer good characters by which
they may be distinguished. The one described above has that part
regularly convex, and free from any impression or any elevated line,
and this separates it from the remainder of the few species yet pub-
lished. I owe my specimens to my kind friend Mr. Fry, who re-
ceived it together with a vast number of Coleoptera collected in
Mexico by the late lamented Signore Truqui, the Italian Minister in
that country, after whom I have named it.

Tesapuss [ Cucujide |.

Caput obcordatum, angulis posticis haud productis, collo brevissimo.
Antenne moniliformes, articulo primo brevi, tertio paullo longiore.

* This name was published in October 1860. Dr. Leconte, in his ‘ Classifi-
cation of the Coleoptera of North America,’ published at Washington “ May
1861—March 1862,” proposed the term ‘“‘ Endectus” for the North American
species.

40 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Mentum transversum, subintegrum. Palpi articulo ultimo ovato. Pro-
thorax subquadratus, lateribus denticulatis. Zars? subdilatati, articulo
primo majore. Corpus sublatum, planatum.

Allied to Cucujus and Platisus. The first it strongly resembles in
habit, but differs in the normal condition of the tarsi, the ovate
terminal joint of the palpi, the head not prolonged behind the eyes,
the mentum nearly entire anteriorly, and the broa/, rownded lobes
of its deeply divided labium. From Platisus it differs in its robust
habit, thicker antenne, the third joint of which scarcely exceeds
the first in length, the narrower tarsi, not dilated at the sides, and
the denticulate margins of the prothorax.

Ipsaphes merosus. (PI. III. fig. 9.)
I. piceo-niger, subnitidus, confertim punctatus; elytris singulis in medio
obsolete bicostatis.
Hab. New South Wales.

Pitchy black, subnitid, especially the head and prothorax, finely and
very closely punctured; head broadly obcordate, a deep transverse
groove behind the eyes, the clypeus descending between the man-
dibles and hiding the lip; antenne rather longer than the breadth of
the prothorax, moniliform, the basal joint short, incrassated, the second
short, the third scarcely longer than the first, the remainder shorter
and subequal, the last ovate, pointed; eyes moderate, rounded; max-
illary palpi with the terminal joint oblong-ovate, of the labial shortly
ovate; maxillary lobes shortly ciliated at the extremity; mentum
transverse, not produced anteriorly (the large transverse piece beneath
this in the figure is the jugular plate) ; labium bilobed, the lobes broad,
rounded; prothorax subquadrate, broader than long, rounded at the
side, with four or five minute, distant teeth, the disk near the anterior
angles slightly hollowed out; scutellum transverse, rounded behind ;
elytra plane, strongly bent down at the sides, each having on its disk
two nearly obsolete elevated lines in addition to the more strongly
elevated line of the suture; body beneath and legs reddish pitchy,
closely punctured. Length 7 lines.

Synemts [Cucujidee |.

Caput oblongo-subquadratum. Oculi prominuli, prothorace distantes.
Antenne breves, subclavatee, articulo basali ovato incrassato. Mazille
lobo interiore uncinato. urs? articulis tribus primis dilatatis, penul-
timo minuto. Corpus elongatum, parallelum, planatum.

A remarkably elongate and narrow form belonging to the sub-
family Sylvanine as at present constituted, strongly illustrating the
impropriety of separating Sylvanus from the Cucujidee, as has been
done by M. Jacquelin du Val, and of the danger of coming to con-

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 41

clusions in regard to the limits or characters of natural groups from
the examination of the species of a particular region only. M.
du Val excludes Sylvanus and the cognate genus Nausibius from
Cucujide because their tarsi have not the short basal joint which
the remainder of the European members of this family possess ; and
to this character he attaches an importance of the highest order, so
that for him none others are Cucujide ; but if we look to the well-
known genus Palestes (and still more to Zpsaphes just described),
to Platisus, or to Scalidia and Ancistria, where the basal joint far
exceeds in size and length those which follow, we shall see at once
the utter futility of this character. I think, too, it shows how
cautious it is necessary to be before we take what may prove
to be a mere technical character for one of real natural import-
ance. The division of the Cucujide according to the difference of
number of the tarsal joints in the two sexes is also objectionable.
Pristoscelis*, which can scarcely be distinguished otherwise from
Peediacus, is pentamerous in both, and would therefore be placed by
M. du Val with Monotomine ¢. With regard to Synemis, we must,
I think, for the present consider it an isolated genus. The number
of these insects, which conceal themselves under bark and in the
-axille of leaves, is probably enormous. They are generally minute,
and are not often sought for, and we must therefore expect to find
a form turning up now and then whose affinities are uncertain.
The posterior tibie and tarsi of Pristoscelis (accurately described by
Mr. Wollaston, but as to the tarsus most inaccurately represented
in the figure) are to a certain extent repeated in Synemuis; it has
also the hooked inner maxillary lobe of that genus. I owe this
most interesting form to Mr. Bowring, who took it in considerable
abundance at Penang, in the axille of the leaves of a species of
Pandanus.

Synemis pandani. (Pl. III. fig. 8.)
S. fusco-testaceus, nitidus; prothorace vage punctato; elytris punctato-
striatis.
Hab, Penang.

Elongate, very narrow and depressed, chestnut-brown, subnitid ;
head nearly plane, oblongo-subquadrate, a little broader behind the
eyes, sparingly punctured ; antennze remote from the eyes, short, the
basal joint thickened, as long as the next two together, the remainder

* This name has been preoccupied by Dr. Leconte for a genus of Dasytine.
+ Monotoma, according to M. du Val, has 5-jointed tarsi, and he therefore
places it with the Cucujidz.

42 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

subtriangular, gradually enlarging to the ninth, which, with the tenth
and eleventh, are of equal thickness, the latter a little pointed at
the apex; eyes prominent; mentum transverse, narrowed in front,
its anterior angles produced; labium slightly emarginate ; maxillary
lobes narrow, nearly equal in size, fringed with long hairs, the inner
lobe with a strong hook at its external angle; palpi rather short,
the terminal joint of the maxillary subcylindric, of the labial ovate ;
mandibles bifid at the apex, with a slender tooth internally ; prothorax
twice as long as the head, sparingly punctured, a small process at the
anterior angle, posteriorly a little contracted, and at the base a curved
impressed line ; scutellum broadly triangular, the sides rounded ; elytra
about twice as long as the prothorax, punctate-striate, slightly concave
between the suture and the external border, where they bend down
almost at a right angle; cox not approximate; femora long, robust;
tibiz short, slightly curved, subtrigonate, the posterior near the ex-
tremity finely toothed at its inner edge; tarsi very short, the three
basal joints dilated, the fourth minute, the claw-joint small, not longer
than either of the three basal; body beneath dark brown, finely punc-
tured. Length 3 lines.

The insect is much narrower than I have represented in the
figure.
Acutnosvs [Tenebrionids ].

Caput exsertum, clypeo producto. Antenne subclavatee, articulis 5-7
ultimis perfoliatis, transversis. Mazille lobo interiore hamato. Tibie
antice trigonate, extrorsum dentate. Corpus subcylindricum.

This genus differs in a few points only from Antimachus, some
species of which it closely resembles, except that it is more cylin-
drical, but from which it will be at once distinguished by the
strongly serrated external margin of the fore-tibiee. There are also
remarkable differences in the mentum and labium of the species
described below, and in the same parts of a species of Antimachus
(probably A. furcifer, Gistl) which I examined for the purpose of
comparison. But two other species, which I refer also to Achthosus,
appear to have the more or less subcordate mentum of Antimachus,
and therefore I have not referred to this organ in the characters of the
genus. So far as my limited experience goes, it appears to me that
the parts of the mouth are subject to the same variations as other
organs, and, except certain differences of plan, which, however, are
rather characteristic of higher groups than genera, the variation in
form or outline of these organs is generally only one of degree. I
believe that they are supposed to be more constant in their cha-
racters because they are seldom examined, and that one species is,
as a matter of course, taken as the type of the rest. For this reason

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 43

I have generally avoided entering into details of these organs in the
generic characters, reserving them for the species which alone has
been examined. If I have correctly recognized the sexes, there
appears to be little difference between them, at least in the species
described below. This Tenebrionid is not rare in collections: Pro-
fessor Westwood informs me that it stands in the Oxford Museum as
Dendroblaps Westwood (Macleay). This name has not been pub-
lished, I believe ; and as there is a Dendroblax among the Lucanide,
I have retained the generic name under which it has always stood
in my cabinet.

Achthosus Westwoodii. (Pl. II. fig. 7.)

A, niger, nitidus; clypeo recurvato; prothorace antice excavato, margine
supra trisinuato.
Hab. Australia.

Subcylindrical, deep black, shining; head a little dilated anteriorly,
narrowed behind the eyes, where it forms a thick neck, the front
slightly concave and somewhat finely punctured, the clypeus pro-
duced and slightly recurved ; epistome very distinct, subquadrate, the
lip obsolete ; antennze with the five or six last joints perfoliate, trans-
verse, and considerably broader than the others; mentum stout and
irregular, but with six nearly equal sides; labrum somewhat cordate,
its palpi inserted in a cavity which is hollowed out on each side at its
base; last joint of the maxillary palpi shortly triangular, of the labial
obliquely ovate; prothorax slightly broader than long, strongly exca-
vated anteriorly, and this part only thickly punctured, the border of the
excavation posteriorly strongly marked and having a trisinuate out-
line; scutellum cordate-triangular; elytra parallel, coarsely punctate-
striate, the intervals broad and nearly impunctate ; body beneath black,
shining ; antennze and legs chestnut; anterior and intermediate tibize
strongly serrated externally, the posterior only very slightly so, all
terminated by two or three stout spines; tarsi narrow, the claw-joit
as long as the rest together. Length 10 lines.

Srroneyiium [Tenebrionide |.
Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soe. xii. p. 417.

Strongylium Macleayi.

S. nigro-chalybeatum, nitidum; prothorace transverso, antice rotundato,
basi angustiore; scutello nigro-cupreo; elytris subelongatis, seriato-
punctatis, lateribus parallelis.

Hab. New South Wales.

Dark chalybeate blue, shining ; head finely punctured; eyes nearly
contiguous above; epistome and lip bordered with testaceous; an-
tennze about half the length of the elytra, the third joint much longer
than the first and second together, the fourth and fifth gradually

44 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

shorter; prothorax finely punctured, much broader than long, con-
siderably rounded at the anterior angles, the sides gradually but slightly
narrowing posteriorly, a shallow fovea on each side in front; scutellum
dark copper-brown; elytra seriate-punctate, the punctures coarse,
rather elongate, the sides parallel for about two-thirds of their length,
then slightly rounded and gradually tapering to the apex; body be-
neath and legs dark brown or black, with a tinge of reddish, especially
on the femora; posterior tarsi with the basal joint longer than the rest
together. Length 6 lines.

There are very few species of this genus described in comparison
to those in collections; and none, I believe, from Australia. I do
not know anything to which the one here described can be assimi-
lated, except one from Mysol, which, however, has only a certain
similarity of outline.

Campo.eneE [Tenebrionide }.

Caput subexsertum, antice dilatatum, postice paullo constrictum. Oculi
parvi, emarginati. Antenne breves, claviformes. Tibie curvate, mu-
tices. Prosternum antice constrictum, postice subhorizontale, incurvato-
productum. Mesosternum declinatum, antice triangulari excavatum.

These characters are intended to be contrasted with those of
Chariotheca and Titena, between which, I believe, this genus should
be placed. The unarmed tibiz, and the partially horizontal and
then incurved posterior portion of the prosternum, terminating in a
short triangular process very imperfectly received in the correspond-
ing notch of the mesosternum, will distinguish it from the former :
while in Titena the anterior portion of the prosternum is so con-
tracted that it forms a mere line in front of the two cotyloid cavities,
so that the head in repose rests on the coxe, this part has the
normal form in Campolene. There are also other differential cha-
racters which it is not necessary to mention now. In habit Campo-
lene resembles Helops.

Campolene nitida. (Pl. II. fig. 4.)

C. elongato-ovata, nigra, nitida; prothorace subtiliter, elytris seriatim
punctatis ; pedibus rufo-ferrugineis.
Hab. New South Wales.

Elongate-ovate, black, shining; head finely punctured, slightly con-
tracted behind the eyes, expanded and a little concave anteriorly, the
lip nearly hidden beneath the clypeus; antenne shorter than the pro-
thorax, the third and fourth joints longest, the rest becoming gradually
shorter, broader, and more compressed, the last largest and nearly cir-
cular; eyes small, lateral, emarginate in front; terminal joint of

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 45

the maxillary palpi securiform, of the labial narrowly triangular; pro-
thorax finely punctured, convex, slightly transverse, rounded anteriorly
and laterally, and narrowly margined; scutellum small, triangular ;
elytra coarsely seriate-punctate, scarcely broader at the base than the
prothorax, the sides gradually rounded to the apex ; body beneath with
the sterna dull reddish ferruginous, the abdomen glossy black; pro-
sternum subhorizontal posteriorly, incurved, ending in a short thick
process which is only partially received in the shallow corresponding
notch of the mesosternum ; intercoxal process rather broadly triangular ;
legs reddish ferruginous, rather slender; tibize strongly curved, and un-
armed ; tarsi narrow, hairy beneath, the basal joint slightly elongate,
the last shorter than the preceding united. Length 4 lines.

ApEtxatvs [ Cistelidee ].
Caput antice elongatum ; oculis magnis, reniformibus. Antenne breves,

articulo primo vix incrassato, tertio ad septimum subzequalibus, haud
nodosis. Tibie breves, curvate. Prosternum compressum, elevatum.

The genera of Cistelidze do not appear to be distinguished from
each other by any very trenchant characters. This genus is perhaps
scarcely an exception, although in colour it differs essentially from
_ Athyssius* and Tanychilus, genera to which, on account of their
long muzzle, this is the most nearly allied: from these, and especially
from the latter, it is separated by its shorter antenne, with the
basal joint scarcely thickened, the nearly equal length of the third
to the seventh inclusive, their subcylindrical form (not nodose at the
end), the shorter and curved tibie, the larger and more reniform
eyes, and the narrow prosternum. I only know the males.

Apellatus lateralis. (Pl. II. fig. 1.)

A, flayo-testaceus, glaber, subnitidus ; oculis vittaque elytrorum nigris.
Hab. New South Wales.

Fulvo-testaceous, smooth, subnitid, a stripe from the shoulder
gradually widening behind, and at the apex nearly approaching the
suture, and eyes black; head narrow, prolonged beyond the eyes, and
rounded immediately behind them ; antennz about half as long as the

* Hithysswus, proposed for Atractus, Lacord. (Macleay, Dejean), which name
has been in common use since 1832 for a genus of Hemiptera. The name of
another Heteromerous genus (Trigonotarsus, Hope) having been preoccupied by
Guérin for a genus of Curculionidx, I have now to propose “‘ Sobas,” which I
have used in a MS. list of the Australian Heteromera that I have in hand. I
have also in the same list adopted as.a genus the division distinguished by two
spurs to the anterior tibix, which M. Lacordaire has made in Nacerdes, and have
named it ‘ Sess¢nda.”’

46 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

body in the male (probably shorter in the female), the basal joint
scarcely thickened, the second short, the third to the seventh of nearly
equal length, subcylindrical, not nodose at the ends, and the remainder
a little shorter and somewhat compressed (except the last, which is
pointed) ; palpi brownish, the terminal joint of the maxillary securiform,
of the labial shortly triangular; eyes large, reniform; prothorax rather
longer than broad, rounded at the sides, truncate and considerably
contracted in front, finely punctured, two foveze at the base and an
intermediate depression, posterior angle acute; scutellum triangular ;
elytra striate-punctate, much wider than the prothorax, ovate-elon-
gate; body beneath fulvous, pubescent; prosternum narrow, elevated ;
mesosternum V-shaped; legs short; tibize slightly curved, terminating
in two short spines; the two penultimate of the anterior and inter-
mediate and the penultimate only of the posterior tarsi lamellate.
Length 4 lines.

Dracatra [ Lagriide |.

Caput trigonatum, ad angulum posticum productum. Oculi parvi, rotun-
dati. Labiwm quadratum, membranaceum. Palpi labiales articulo
ultimo subcylindrico. Prothorax late ovatus, antice constrictus. Tibie
bicalcaratie.

These characters (and there are also others) are in complete oppo-
sition to Lagria, with which genus only—if, perhaps, we except
Euomma—in the four which have hitherto composed this family, is
it to be assimilated. In other respects it agrees perfectly with the
characters of the Lagriide as laid down by M. Lacordaire, except
that the eyes are entire, and the labium is so thin and transparent
as to be rather membranous than corneous*. The habit of the
species described below is more that of a Titena than a Lagria.

Diacalla comata, (Pl. IL. fig. 6.)

D. rufo-fusca, subnitida, hirsuta, fortiter et confertim punctata; abdo-
mine infra subrufescente.
Hab. Queensland.

Dark reddish brown, subnitid, closely and very coarsely punctured,
with short erect greyish and black hairs, mostly arising from the
punctures, covering the whole upper surface; head inclined, trigonal,
enlarged behind the eyes, then suddenly contracted into a thick neck ;
eyes small, round; antennze short, the two basal joints slightly thick-
ened, the remainder to the tenth gradually diminishing in length but
increasing in thickness, the eleventh more slender and as long as the
two preceding together; internal maxillary lobe narrow, longer than

* Fabricius, however, says ‘“‘labium membranaceum.” (nt. Syst. i. pars ii.
p. 78.)

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the outer, both densely ciliated, their palpi long, with the last joint
securiform; labium thin, quadrate, fringed anteriorly, its palpi sub-
filiform, rather elongate, arising from near the centre of the labium ;
mentum subtransverse, rounded at the sides, peduncle of the jugular
plate as broad as the labium; prothorax broadly ovate, constricted in
front, so as to form a sort of collar; scutellum triangular; elytra much
broader than the prothorax, gradually tapering behind, rounded at the
apex; legs rather short, tibise terminated by two spines, basal joint of
the anterior tarsi short, the intermediate and posterior gradually longer;
body beneath slightly hairy, the abdomen with a reddish tinge. Length
5 lines.

The above description is from a female. A male which I believe
belongs to this species is smaller, more hairy, the terminal joint of
the antennze much longer, and the abdomen without the reddish
tinge.

Gokrymes [ Cantharidee].

Caput magnum, fronte convexa; oculis reniformibus. Antenne breves,
frontales, articulo primo subtrigono, incurvato, in sulco infra oculos
recepto, secundo tertioque brevibus, reliquis flabellatis. Tibi uni-
calcarate. Zarsi breves, unguiculis simplicibus.

The nearest ally of this genus is Sitarida, White, from which, inter
alia, it differs, as it does from every other of the family, in its flabel-
late antenne, which resemble Hvamocera in the nearly allied group
of Rhipophoride. The difference between the antenne of the two
genera, however, requires to be more clearly contrasted. In both
they are 11-jointed; but in Sttarida the first four are simple, while
each of the remaining seven throws out laterally and at the base a
short square lamina—this portion of the antenna being, in fact, pec-
tinate. In Goétymes, the first three joints only are simple, the
remainder being drawn out into long lamine, closely applied to each
other at the base, and forming a compact mass when at rest. For
the protection of this delicate part in repose, there is a groove be-
neath the eye, which receives the basal joint, and thus allows the
whole antenna to be kept well under the head and breast ; and this
purpose is facilitated by the antenna not arising in the space formed
by the emargination of the eye (which, I believe, is almost invariably
the case whenever that organ is reniform or emarginate, and which
is apparently so constructed for the express purpose), but below this
space, and in front of the inferior portion of the eye. It may be
added that the emargination above mentioned is occupied by a
short, obtuse process, a simple development of the front.

48 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Goétymes flavicornis. (PI. II. fig. 5.)

G. pallide fulvescens ; mandibulis, prothorace, sternis femoribusque ni-
gris; antennis flavescentibus.
Hab. Australia (Port Stephens).

Pale brownish fulvous, more or less clothed with short erect hairs;
mandibles, prothorax, breast, and thighs black or brownish black, ab-
domen and antennz pale yellow; head convex and rounded in front,
covered with minute vermicular folds; epistome and lip trigonal;
mandibles thick, bifid at the end, coarsely punctured at the base ; palpi
robust, the labial much smaller than the maxillary, the last joint in
both ovate; prothorax subtrigonate, the sides slightly rounded ; scu-
tellum triangular, the apex prolonged into a short quadrate process ;
elytra very short, spatulate; legs robust; all the coxe contiguous;
femora and tibize ciliated beneath, the latter with a single spur; tarsi
short, the claws simple ; abdomen corneous, not contracting when dry.
Length 10 lines.

The specimen described is in the British Museum. The hind tarsi
are unfortunately wanting; in the figure they are assumed to
resemble those of Sttarida Hopei. Port Stephen or Stephens is
about two degrees N. of Sydney.

Cypuacoaus [ Brenthide ].
Parry, Trans. Ent. Soc. v. p. 182.

Cyphagogus advena.
C. rufo-testaceus, nitidus; capite lato, breviusculo, apice emarginato ;
elytris striatis, striis modice punctatis.
Hab. Natal. :

Reddish testaceous, shining; head as broad as the prothorax, but
considerably shorter, finely and sparsely punctured, widely emarginate
at the apex, which is bilobed on each side ; eyes round, black; antennz
scarcely longer than the head ; prothorax narrow, compressed anteriorly,
with a few minute, scattered punctures; no visible scutellum ; elytra
as broad as the prothorax, deeply striated, the strize with shallow, rather
distant punctures; body beneath more coarsely punctured; legs with
the posterior tibiz not longer than the basal joint of the tarsi of the
same pair. Length 3 lines.

This adds one more to the list of remarkable genera common to
the Indian Islands and to Natal, yet still sufficiently distinct to form
another category in this curious and very strongly marked genus.
That is to say, that in its shorter head and thicker rostrum it recedes
from Cyphagogus and approaches Zemioses, which, however, has legs
of the more normal character.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 49

Macroroma [ Prionide }.
Serville, Ann. de Soc. Ent. de Fr. 1. p. 137.

Macrotoma servilis.

M. fusco-castanea, subnitida; prothorace transverso, lateribus submuticis,
antice tridentatis, postice unispinosis; scutello postice rotundato ; ely-
tris connexo-punctatis, haud vermiculatis ; abdomine glabrato, polito.

Hab. Australia (Melbourne).

Dark chestnut-brown, subnitid; head coarsely punctured ; antennze
longer than half the length of the body, all the joints more or less
punctured, the third nearly as long as the two next together ; prothorax
shortly transverse, irregularly and coarsely punctured, the middle por-
tion of its sides straight, but gradually diverging to the base, nearly
meeting, anteriorly with three teeth, posteriorly with a spine, at the base
of which are two or three short teeth; scutellum rounded posteriorly ;
elytra much broader than the base of the prothorax, the sides slightly
rounded, closely punctured, the punctures becoming coarser and more
or less connected, although never vermiculate, as they approach the
suture and base, this part also being darker or somewhat pitchy;
abdomen and legs pale chestnut, highly polished; metasternum thinly
pilose, prosternum coarsely punctured. Length 18 lines.

The only described Australian Prionid that approaches this is
Hermerius impar of Newman, which, inter alia, differs in its hairy
prothorax and the thick mass of woolly pubescence which clothes the
abdomen. I have not adopted the genus, however, from the im-
possibility of seeing how it is to be separated from some forms of
Macrotoma. There are several undescribed species from Australia,
differing from each other in a not very tangible manner, but mostly
having the sides of the prothorax more denticulate. I fear, how-
ever, that the amount of denticulation is very often, in this family,
a character varying according to the individual. In the specimen
just described, the two posterior teeth of the anterior angle of the
prothorax are distinctly bifid on the right side, but are entire on the
left. So in Mr. Newman’s genus Cnemoplites*, the teeth on the
protibiz, in a specimen of an undescribed species in the British
Museum, are five on one side, and three on the other; in an allied
species the intermediate tibize are also toothed, and in my Mallodon
Jiguratum all the tibie. The Prionide, as they are constituted at
present, appear to be a very unsatisfactory family, containing several
anomalous genera, and others which are extremely difficult to limit.

* Mr. Newman describes Cnemoplites thus: “ Protibiis excurvatis, extus spi-
nosis” (Entom. p. 351); and, in addition to C. edulis (unknown to me), refers to
it Prionus spinicollis, Macleay, which has ai/ the tibise spined, and which I cannot
separate from Macrotoma. It is, in fact, very near my Macrotoma gemella.

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50 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

One of these, Neostenus (Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, iv. p. 91), on account
of the position of the anterior cox, I am disposed to place with the
Cerambycidx, perhaps not far from Bimia. This last, also, is a very
isolated genus.

Opripa [Cerambycide ].
White, Stokes’s Voyage, App. 1. p. 510.

Obrida comata.
O. nigro-chalybeata, sparse griseo-pubescens, hirsuta; elytris singulis
macula magna mediana flava.
Hab. Queensland.

Very dark steel-blue, lightly covered with a pale greyish pubescence,
with scattered, erect, stiffish hairs interspersed; head and prothorax
roughly and closely punctured, the anterior and posterior margins of
the latter of nearly equal breadth; scutellum triangular, covered with
long silky hairs; elytra short, broader than the prothorax, the sides
parallel, each furnished with two not very prominent coste, and in
the middle a large transverse yellow spot not attaining the margin or
the suture; body beneath shining steel-blue, sparingly punctured with
a few scattered hairs; legs more or less hairy, the femora shining steel-
blue, base of the posterior testaceous; tarsi rufous brown; antenne
entirely black, about two-thirds the length of the body. Length 4 lines.

Perfectly homogeneous with Obrida fascialis, but broader and more
robust, with the antenne and legs entirely black (except the base of
the posterior femora), and the broad orange band on the elytra of the
former replaced by two pale-yellow patches ; itis also more pubes-
cent, furnished with long scattered hairs.

Pyrestes { Cerambycide ].
Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, iv. p. 96.

Pyrestes cardinalis.
P. ruber, nitidus; scutello, pedibus corporeque infra nigris.
Hab. Hong Kong.

Dark red, brighter on the elytra, shining, with a pubescence consist-
ing of a few short black hairs, but more numerous on the prothorax ;
head dark brownish-red, thickly punctured ; antennze dark brown, the
basal joints coral-red, except at their extremities; eyes black; prothorax
about half as long again as broad, rugosely punctured, the punctures
large and irregular; scutellum narrowly triangular, black; elytra dark
blood-red, coarsely and deeply punctured at the base, but gradually
more scattered and shallower towards the apex; legs black, covered with
short stiff fulvous hairs; body beneath black, shining, moderately
punctured, slightly hairy. Length 7 lines,

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 51

In 1857 I briefly characterized this genus, at the same time de-
scribing three species, all Asiatic. I do not see that I can add any-
thing really essential to those characters now. The genus is a very
natural one, and is allied to Hrythrus, but with an ovate-elongate or
almost subcylindrical prothorax; elytra slightly contracted in the
middle, much more convex, and with a broad emargination externally
near the shoulder. The palpi also are longer and more unequal. The
antenne vary in length, but are longest in the males, although
scarcely so long as the body. The pro- and mesosterna are simple.
Professor Westwood has given an excellent figure of Pyrestes exumius
in the work above quoted (pl. 22. fig. 3).

Eryturvs [ Cerambycide].
White, Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. Longicornia, p. 142.

Erythrus congruus.

E. niger ; prothorace elytrisque coccineis, illo nigro sex-maculato et medio
breviter carinato.
Hab. Hong Kong.

Slightly depressed, irregularly and closely punctured, black; pro-
thorax and elytra bright scarlet, the former nearly equal in length and
breadth, with six black spots, four on the disk and one on each side,
the middle with a short elevated line; scutellum transverse; elytra
moderately long, an elevated carina running from each shoulder to near
the apex, which is rounded with its edges minutely serrated; body
beneath entirely black, very closely and irregularly punctured; legs
black, tarsi of the intermediate pair longer than their tibie. Length
9 lines.

From Saperda? bicolor, Westw., this insect differs in being entirely
black beneath, in its six-spotted prothorax with a short elevated
line in its middle, in the more decidedly elevated and longitudinal
carina which occurs on each elytron, and in the general vitreous
sort of transparency which in certain lights and under a strong lens
glistens over its surface, especially on the elevated lines of the pro-
thorax and elytra. It will serve to show the uncertainty of cha-
racters generally thought to be of generic value among the Longicorn
families that, notwithstanding the close affinity of these two Hrythri,
amounting at the first glance almost to identity, the one, Z. bicolor,
has the epistome very distinct, while in the other it is apparently
wanting. Hrythrus Fortunei, White (the only other Zrythrus having
the head black), is a narrower and smaller species, with a longer pro-
thorax and darker colour.

oe Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Erythrus? Bowringii.
E.? angustatus, rubro-sericeus ; prothorace ovato, medio carinato ; elytris
elongatis, apice truncatis ; corpore infra nigro, griseo-pubescente.
Hab. Hong Kong.

Narrow and elongate, brick-red, covered with a fine silky pubes-
cence; head roughly punctured, the muzzle rather short; antennze
black, longer than the body in the male, about three-quarters of its
length in the female, the serration beginning with the fourth joint ;
prothorax ovate, a long linear carina in the middle, two black spots
anteriorly on the disk, marking the nearly obsolete tubercles ; scutellum
triangular ; elytra elongate, scarcely wider than the prothorax, the sides
incurved and expanding very slightly posteriorly, the apex truncate, a
broadly elevated line extending from the shoulder to near the apex ;
body beneath black, closely covered with a short greyish-white pubes-
cence; legs black, slightly pubescent, femora of the intermediate pair
produced beneath, and fringed at the deepest part of the border with
short stiff hairs. Length (¢) 9, (2) 11 lines.

This species rather breaks in upon the homogeneity of Hrythrus,
but I scarcely see sufficient characters to warrant its separation as a
distinct genus. The narrow form, the ovate prothorax, and the
serrated portion of the antennze beginning at the fourth joint instead
of the fifth, seem to be the most distinctive points. The muzzle is
also somewhat shorter and the palpi longer, but I think it would be
difficult to formulate a satisfactory diagnosis on these. The pecu-
liarity of the intermediate femora is less marked in the female. I
am indebted for this and the two preceding species, and indeed for
many others, to John Bowring, Esq.

Potyzonvs [Cerambycidee ].
Laporte de Castelnau, Hist. Nat. des Ins. Coléop. ii. p. 488.

Polyzonus pubicollis.
P. obseure niger; prothorace subcylindrico, aureo-pubescente ; elytris
luteis, fasciis tribus, postica subapicali suturam non attingente, nigris.
Hab, Natal.

Dull black; head coarsely punctured, with a few scattered yellowish
hairs; epistome very short, lip narrow, bordered with stiff yellowish
hairs; prothorax short, subcylindrical, slightly narrowed behind, closely
and coarsely punctured, and covered with a golden-yellow pile; scu-
tellum acutely triangular; elytra very finely and closely punctured,
sparsely pubescent, luteous yellow, a black band near the base, a second
at the middle, and a third towards the apex, but which does not attain
to the suture ; body beneath black, more or less covered with a silvery-
grey pile, the last abdominal segment extending beyond the elytra ;
legs black, more or less pubescent ; femora scarcely clavate, the posterior

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 53

not at all; tibize short, the distal extremity of the posterior scarcely

reaching to the end of the abdomen; antennz black, the basal joints

with a slight pubescence. Length 9 lines.

Of the two species of Promeces mentioned by Serville, one, the
Saperda clavicornis of Fabricius, is a Polyzonus. The error is the
more remarkable, as he has perfectly well distinguished Promeces by
the setaceous, twelve-jointed antenne of the males. Polyzonus
clavicornis, a common Cape insect, on the contrary, has the antenne
claviform and eleven-jointed in both sexes. The Comte de Castelnau
has failed to notice any peculiarity in the antenne either of Pro-
meces or Polyzonus, and is apparently ignorant of the females of the
former, since he ascribes filiform antenne to both sexes, the fact
being that they are setaceous, not filiform, in the males and clavicorn
in the females. With regard to Polyzonus, the species described
above is remarkable for its subcylindrical prothorax rather closely
covered with a short decumbent pile, and is distinguished from all
others of the genus known to me by the yellow apex of the elytra.

Polyzonus scalaris (Dej.).

P. angustus, chalybeatus ; prothorace breviter subovato, rugoso-punctato ;
- elytris luteis, fasciis tribus latis chalybeatis.
Hab. Cape of Good Hope.

Narrow, dark steel-blue; head coarsely punctured, epistome very
short, lip large, broader anteriorly, scarcely emarginate, eyes black ;
prothorax shortly subovate, very roughly punctured, scarcely pubes-
cent; scutellum narrowly triangular ; elytra strongly and closely punc-
tured, luteous yellow, with three broad dark chalybeate bands, the first
towards the base, the second in the middle, the third apical; body
beneath steel-blue, with a silvery-grey pubescence ; legs steel-blue,
femora of the anterior and intermediate pairs only moderately clavate ;
antenne very dark steel-blue. Length 7 lines.

In the disposition of the bands on the elytra this species comes
nearest Polyzonus Mellyi, White, but is smaller, narrower, with a
more ovate prothorax, which is scarcely or not at all pubescent, and
with very much broader bands on the elytra. I believe it to have
been hitherto unpublished.

Promeces [ Cerambycidee].
Serville, Ann. de Soc. Ent. de Fr. iii, p. 27.
Promeces viridis (De}.).
P. viridi-ceruleus, corrugatus; prothorace brevi, lateribus irregulariter

rotundatis ; femoribus posticis subclavatis.
Hab. Natal.

54 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Dark greenish blue, the whole upper surface finely corrugated ; head
coarsely punctured in front, epistome dark brown, shining, lip rounded,
covered with greyish hairs, eyes black; prothorax scarcely longer than
broad, irregularly rounded at the sides; scutellum triangular, very con-
cave; elytra nearly parallel, without raised lines ; body beneath shining
chalybeate blue, sparsely pubescent; femora blue, the posterior very
slightly clavate ; tibize and tarsi blue, covered with short stiff hairs, claws
reddish testaceous ; antennz blue, the basal joint coarsely punctured,
the last four joints in the female very short and thick, Length 6 lines.

This long-known species has not, so far as I know, been hitherto
described. It may be at once distinguished from its congeners by
its short and corrugated prothorax ; but, like the others, its colour is
more decidedly blue than green.

Avopasya [ Lamiidee ].

Caput parvum, verticale; oculis emarginatis. Antenne pilose, articulo
basali subcylindrico, tertio longissimo, ceteris brevissimis. Prothorax
gibbosus, subquadratus, lateraliter spinosus. -Elytra parallela. Tarsi
breves. Pro- et mesosternum simplicia, acetabula antica angulata.
Corpus subelongatum.

Chatosoma pilosum of Dejean’s Catalogue is the type of this genus,
but as the generic name has been used for one of the Cucujidee, it is
necessary to substitute another. In the above work it was placed
between Desmiphora and Cloniocerus, but it appears to me to be
more nearly related to Hebestola. It is not mentioned by M. James
Thomson in his ‘ Essai,’ &c.; indeed it seems to be a very scarce
insect, only to be seen in a few old collections. My specimen is
from the collection of Mr. Waterhouse.

Apodasya pilosa.

A. ferruginea, grisescente-pubescens, pilis longis albis nigrisque tecta ;
prothorace disco nigro; antennis pedibusque infuscatis.
Hab. South Africa.

Ferruginous, covered with a very fine greyish pubescence, and with
long erect white hairs mingled with black; head rather small; epi-
stome and lip very distinct, the latter rounded anteriorly ; palpi pointed ;
eyes deeply emarginate ; antenne very hairy, arising from two diverging
tubercles, shorter than the body, the basal joint subcylindrical, the
third as long as the rest together, a dense fascicle of black hairs enve-
loping the fourth joint and apex of the third; prothorax short, irregularly
vibbous, a strong tooth on each side posteriorly, the disk with a large
black spot; scutellum very small, black; elytra parallel, elongate,
broader than the prothorax, very coarsely punctured ; body beneath
yellowish ferruginous, the sides of the metathorax and base of the
abdomen brown; legs brownish. Length 5 lines.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 55

Aprorpa [ Hispidee ].

Caput pone oculos subelongatum ; fronte brevi, verticali; clypeo bilobato,
labrum occultante. Oculi ovati. Palpi macillares articulis ultimis duobus
globosis. Palpi labiales articulis ultimis oblongo-ovatis. Mentwm qua-
dratum. Antenne filiformes, super tuberculis inter oculos inserte, arti-
culis duobus basalibus brevibus, primo incrassato, czeteris brevioribus,
ultimo paullo longiore apice appendiculato. Prothorax quadrilateralis,
postice latior. /ytra deplanata, subtrigona, thorace latiora, apice cau-
data. Pedes breves; femoribus anticis incrassatis, dentatis ; cibiis ejusdem
curvatis, introrsum bispinosis. Corpus subplanatum.

This is probably the most remarkable genus of the Hispidee, wholly
distinct in habit from any other known species, although most nearly
related to Hurispa. The prolongation of the head behind the eyes,
the size and figure of the anterior femora, the two formidable teeth
on the protibie (as is also the case in some Cephalodontz), and trigo-
nate outline of the elytra terminating in two thick spines, combine to
produce a form that, taken in conjunction with the congeners of its
own family, renders it one of the most striking of the Australian
Coleoptera. The parts of the mouth can only be described as they
are seen im situ, and these are the more difficult to distinguish as
they are placed in a deep cavity formed by the mandibles in front,
and by the jugular plate, bent down at a right angle, behind; it may
be also noticed that the angle itself is bordered by an elevated, narrow
ridge. I am indebted to Mr. Baly, who is so well known for his
Monograph of this family and for his knowledge of the Phytophagous
groups in general, for his assistance in this examination; he is satisfied
of the existence of a small square mentum which is attached to the
anterior edge of the reflected portion of the jugular plate, and that
the last two joints of the maxillary palpi are together of a globose
form, and those of the labial oblong-ovate.

Aproida Balyi. (Pl. II. fig. 8.)
A, flavescens, vitta fusco-purpurea ab oculis ad apicem elytrorum ornata ;
antennis fusco-purpureis, articulis duobus ultimis albis.
Tab. Queensland.

Fulvous, on the elytra inclining to lemon-yellow, a dark-purple line
extending from the eye to the apex of the latter; head coarsely punc-
tured, elongate behind, the front vertical, with a tubercle before each
eye, bearing the antenn ; eyes ovate, prominent ; antenne about half
the length of the body, dark chestnut-brown, the last two joints pale
straw-yellow, the basal joint short, incrassate, the second about the
same length as the first, the remainder longer, cylindrical, the last
terminated by a small hooked appendage; prothorax quadrilateral,

56 = Mr. F. P. Paseoe on some new or little-known Coleoptera.

broader behind, bulging at the sides, the disk concave near the base
and very coarsely punctured ; scutellum subtriangular; elytra trigo-
nate, depressed, covered with large rough punctures, broadest at the
shoulders, where they considerably exceed the prothorax, gradually
contracting towards the apex, and terminating on each side in a stout
diverging spine, which is considerably strengthened by a short raised
line or rib which connects it with the rest of the elytron; body beneath
saffron-yellow, nearly impunctate ; mouth, mandibles, and palpi dark
brown; the intermediate and posterior legs short, the anterior much
longer; femora clavate, with a large obtuse tooth beneath, except the
posterior; anterior tibize slender, curved, dilated at the apex, with two
acute teeth on the inner side. Length 6 lines.

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

Prats II. Fig. 2. Metopiestes hirtifrons.
Fig. 1. Apellatus lateralis. » 3. Temesia Batesr*.
» 2. Diatelium Wallacer. » 4. Illestus terrenus.
5» o Chidicus formicarius. » 9 Nareisa decidua.
5, 4. Campolene nitida. » 6. Phormesa lunaris.
4» 9. Goétymes flavicorns. » 7. Dastareus Ce
», 6. Diacalla comata. (trophi).
» 7. Achthosus Westwoodir. » 8. Synaemis pandan.
» & Aproida Balyi. » 9. Ipsaphes merosus.
» 9 Petalophora brevimana. » 10. Nematidium mustela.
» Ll. Bothrideres? rhysodoides.
Prate Il. 5 12. Bothrideres? nocturnus.
Fig. 1. Crine cephalotes. », 13. Machlotes porcatus.

* The description of this insect will be given in a future Part.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. VIII.—Aprit 1863.

Vi.— Contributions to the Knowledge of the Cicindelide of Tropical
Asia, containing Descriptions of new Species, a List of those hitherto
described, and Synonymical Notes. By Dr. H. Scuaum.

1. Cicindela lacrymans.

C. supra viridi-cuprea; labro nigro, basi albo; prothorace cylindrico ;
elytris elongatis, viridi-purpureis, puncto humerali, vitta e basi ex-
oriente abbreviata maculisque tribus vittam continuantibus albis.—
Long. 8 lin. ’

Habitat in insula Ceylon (D. Nietner).

Labrum nigrum, basi album, apice dentibus quinque parvis munitum.
Mandibule basi testaceee. Palpi testacei, articulis ultimis cupreis.
Caput supra viridi-cupreum, juxta oculos utrinque subtiliter striatum,
subtus cyaneum. Prothorax cylindricus, capitis, oculis exceptis, lati-
tudine, subcupreus, impressionibus transversis parum profundis viridi-
bus, episternis cupreis. Scutellum cupreum. LElytra viridi-purpurea,
elongata, parallela, margine postico serrato, sutura dente minuto vix
conspicuo, puncto humerali, vitta a media basi exeunte, in tertia elytri
parte abbreviata maculisque tribus albis vittam continuantibus, a sutura
et margine sequaliter remotis, prima vittam fere attingente, ultima ante
apicem albis. Pectus subtus, preesertim lateribus, cupreum, abdomine
violaceo. Femora cuprea; tibize tarsique magis violacea.

I have adopted for this beautiful species, which belongs to Dejean’s
fifth section of the genus, the name applied to it in the Museum of
Berlin.

2. Cieindela aranerpes.

C. cuprea; capite plano, utrinque juxta oculum puncto majore notato;
prothorace versus apicem angustato; elytris albis, sutura, strigis duabus
longis antice connexis strigaque brevi anteriore cupreis ; pedibus tenui-
bus, longissimis.—Long. 4 lin.

Habitat in insula Borneo (D. Wallace).

Species hee e numero earum que genus Habroscelis, Hope, constituunt
(v. infra).

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58 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidse

C. tenuipedi De}. similis, sed minor et elytris aliter signatis. Labrum
album, dente medio minuto. Mandibule elongate, graciles, acute,
albidee, apice dentibusque nigro- vel viridi-zeneis. Palpi toti albidi.
Antenne articulis quatuor basalibus viridi-zneis, reliquis rufo-testaceis.
Caput cupreum, planum, fronte, strigis nonnullis pone oculos exceptis,
fere leevigatum, utrinque in oculi sinu puncto majore notatum., Oculi
supra parum, sed lateribus satis prominentes. Prothorax cupreus,
trapezoideus, basi multo latior quam apice, angulis posticis acutis,
lateribus et medio subtilissime transversim strigosus, sulcis transversis
profundis, linea media subtili. Scutellum cupreum. Coleoptera basi
thoracis basi vix latiora, elongata, postice non dilatata, apice oblique
truncato, margine serrato, sutura denticulata, supra albida, fortiter
punctata, punctis basi subtilioribus, sutura pone scutellum dilatata, in
utroque strigis duabus ante medium incipientibus, apicem fere attin-
gentibus, antice confluentibus, ut reverse literee V valde elongatz
forma fere efficiatur, strigaque brevi anteriore, fortius punctata, cu-
preis. Subtus viridis, metallica, lateribus thoracis albo villosis, ano
rufescente. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi, viridi-zenei, trochanteribus
tibiarumque basi testaceis.

3. Cicindela punctatissima.

C. viridi-cuprea ; capite subplano, utrinque juxta oculum puncto majore
notato; prothorace subquadrato, apice vix angustiore ; elytris puncta-
tissimis, limbo dentato, ramo descendente vittulaque basi connexa albis.
—Long. 5-53 lin.

Habitat in China prope Amoy (JV. W. Saunders dedit).

Etiam hee species e numero earum quae genus Habroscelis, Hope, con-
stituunt.

Labrum album, apice dentibus tribus parvis, medio majore. Mandi-
bulz testaceze, apice elongato dentibusque metallicis. Palpi albidi,
articulo ultimo apice eneo. Antenne apice fuscee, Caput viridi-
cupreum, fere planum, subtiliter intra oculos striatum, puncto majore
utrinque in oculi sinu impresso. Oculi magni, lateribus valde sed
supra parum prominentes. Prothorax viridi-cupreus, subquadratus,
basi parum latior quam apice, sulcis transversis profundis, linea media
subtiliore, basi pone angulos posticos distincte marginata. Scutellum
cupreum. Elytra pone medium sublatiora, apice valde oblique truncata,
margine postico serrato, punctatissimo, viridi-cuprea, limbo basi juxta
scutellum incipiente ibique cum vittula suture parallela, in quintam
elytri partem abbreviata connexo, extus pone humerum emarginato,
ramo ante tertiam elytri partem e limbo exoriente, qui paulo infra
vittulam baseos fractus versus apicem descendit et prope suturam in
medio dimidii posterioris desinit, atque dente prope angulum poste-
riorem cum limbo connexo albis. Subtus viridi-senea, ano rufescente.
Pedes modice elongati (ut in C. ancorali), viridi-wnei, trochanteribus
tibiarumque basi rufo-testaceis.

of Tropical Asia. 59

4. Cicindela craspedota.

C. supra subcuprea, subtus cyanea; labro flavo, unidentato; elytris extus
anguste viridibus limbo chalybeo, guttis duabus flavis, prima majore.—
Long. 4-4} lin.

Habitat in insula Celebes (Menado) (D. Wallace).

Statura speciebus nonnullis e stirpe Euryoda (C. tetrastacte Wied.)
assimilis. Labrum flavum, breviusculum, antice dente medio unico
parvo instructum, supra medio subcarinatum, carina subcuprea. Man-
dibule viridi-zenee, basi testaceze. Palpi testacei, maxillares articulis
duobus ultimis, labiales ultimo viridi-zneis. Antenne apice fusce.
Caput supra viridi-zeneum, fronte media cuprea juxta oculos sat regu-
lariter striata, subtus cyaneum. Prothorax dorso cupreus, sulcis trans-
versis viridi-cyaneis, subtus preesertim lateribus cyaneus, latitudine
brevior, subcylindricus, linea media subtilissima. Scutellum cupreum.
Coleoptera prothorace plus duplo longiora, subcylindrica, postice parum
latiora, punctulata, dorso subcuprea, parum micantia, extus anguste
viridia, chalybeo limbata, macula media alteraque minore ante apicem
a margine distantibus in utroque flavis. Pectus et abdomen cyanea;
pedes cyanei, femoribus cupreo-aureis.

5. Cicindela discreta.

C. supra viridi-fusca, opaca; labro flavo, unidentato; elytris punctis

’ quinque vel quatuor discretis flavidis, primo humerali.—Long. 4 lin.

Habitat in insula Celebes (Menado) (D. Wallace).

C. minuta Fabr. (pumila, Dej.) paulo major et in elytris magis
dilatata, supra viridi-fusca, opaca, capite prothoraceque vix nitidioribus,
Labrum breviusculum, flavum, apice dente medio parvo instructum,
Mandibule basi testaceze, apice viridi-zenez. Palpi testacei, maxillares
articulis duobus ultimis, labiales ultimo viridi-zneis. Antenne apice
fuscee. Caput juxta oculos crebre subtiliter striatum. Prothorax lati-
tudine parum brevior, subquadratus, sulco transverso anteriore fere ob-
soleto, posteriore magis distincto, fovea utrinque profundiore terminato,
subtilissime granulato-rugulosus, rugis apice distinctioribus. Elytra
prothorace plus duplo longiora, medio subdilatata, apicem versus attenu-
ata, apice ipso rotundato, margine postico subtilissime serrato, subtiliter
punctata, punctis quinque stramineis, primo humerali, secundo a mar-
gine subremoto in loco quo lunula humeralis si adesset desineret, tertio
marginali quartoque discoidali mediis, quinto ante apicem, in loco quo
lunula apicalis desineret, posito, hoc nonnunquam deficiente. Corpus
subtus viridi-zneum, subcyanescens, prothoracis lateribus glabris.
Pedes viridi-zenei. Femina plaga minuta vix conspicua ante medium
elytrorum.

6. Crcindela foveolata.

C. supra nigra, subtus cyanea; labro albo, apice fusco; prothorace dorso
rugoso; coleopteris sparsim punctatis et foveolatis, foveolis juxta su-
turam subseriatis.—Long. 33 lin.

Hatitat in insula Celebes (D. Wallace).

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60 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelide

Sculptura ab omnibus speciebus notis distincta. Supra nigra, nitidula,
subtus cyanea, thoracis lateribus aureo micantibus. Labrum majus-
culum, antrorsum angustato-rotundatum, album, apice fuscum, dente
medio minuto vix conspicuo. Palpi testacei, maxillares articulis duobus
ultimis, labiales ultimo fusco-zeneis. Antennze fuscee, Caput granu-
latum, juxta oculos modice prominentes crebre rugoso-striatum. Pro-
thorax latitudine non brevior, subcylindricus, lateribus granulatus, disco
rugosus, rugis oblique versus lineam mediam directis, sulcis transversis
medio subtilibus, extus utrinque magis profundis, quasi in foveolam
dilatatis, limbo tenui chalybeo. Coleoptera prothorace plus duplo
longiora, subcylindrica, margine integro, lateribus minus crebre punc-
tata, dorso foveolis et impressionibus oblongis parum profundis in-
eequalia, foveolis sex satis distinctis secundum suturam subseriatim
dispositis, posticis quatuor magis approximatis. Pedes senei,

7. Cicindela pupillata.

C. viridi-fusca; labro albo, apice denticulato ; prothorace subcylindrico ;
elytris viridi pupillatis, margine tenui bis interrupto hamoque parvo
cum margine connexo albis; pedibus pallidis, femorum tibiarumque
apice et tarsis violaceis.—Long. 33 lin.

Habitat in insula Mysol (D. Wallace).

Labrum album, majusculum, antice angustato-rotundatum, dente
medio minuto. Palpi testacei, maxillares articulis duobus ultimis,
labiales ultimo nigro-zeneis. Caput fusco-viridi-zeneum, juxta oculos
fortiter striatum. Antenne setacese, extus fuscee. Prothorax lati-
tudine non brevior, subcylindricus, antice posticeque sulco constrictus,
fusco-viridi-zeneus, fere levis, linea media obliterata. Elytra protho-
race plus duplo longiora, parallela, postice oblique attenuata, apice ipso
truncato, margine integro, supra parum convexa, viridi-fusca, maculis
ocellatis viridibus, punctum impressum cyaneum ut pupillam inclu-
dentibus przesertim postice discretis, medio confluentibus, margine
tenui pone humerum et ante apicem late interrupto hamoque parvo e
medio margine exeunte albis. Corpus subtus cupreo-zeneum, abdomine
cyaneo. Pedes pallidi, femoribus, tibiis articulisque tarsorum apice
violaceis.

8. Crcindela placda.

C. cyanea, labro concolore ; elytris dorso nigro variegatis, lunula tenui
humerali, linea transversa media punctoque postico albis; antennarum
basi pedibusque testaceis cyaneo indutis.—Long. 33 lin.

Habitat in insula Mysol (D. Wallace).

Species parva sed valde jucunda. Labrum magnum, cyaneum, an-
trorsum angustatum, apice subtruncatum. Mandibulz testaceze, apice
fusc. Palpi testacei, articulo ultimo cyaneo. Antenne articulis
quatuor basalibus testaceis cyaneo indutis, reliquis fuscis. Caput
cyaneum, opacum, fronte inter oculos fortiter longitudinaliter striata.
Prothorax cyaneus, opacus, dorso nonnunquam obsolete nigro varie-

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gatus, latitudine brevior, lateribus rotundatus, supra subconvexus, apice
et basi sulco transverso constrictus, basi paulo angustior quam apice,
linea media obliterata. Elytra prothorace duplo longiora, fere parallela,
postice sensim attenuata, margine integro, cyanea, preesertim antice
punctata, dorso secundum suturam nigro variegata, signaturis parum
conspicuis, lunula tenui humerali, linea transversa vix arcuata puncto-
que posticg nonnunquam ad marginem extenso et tunc cornu superius
lunule apicalis simulante albis. Subtus cyanea, nitida. Pedes infra
testacei, supra cyaneo induti, tibiarum apice tarsisque cyaneis.

9. Tricondyla nematodes. (PI. IV. fig. 1.)

T. virescenti-zenea; antennis basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; prothorace
subconico, transversim strigoso; coleopteris elongatis, subcylindricis,
transversim rugosis.—Long. 63 lin.

Hathitat in insula Ceylon (D. Mietner).

Species insignis forma extensa angusta cylindriformi, elytris postice
non inflatis, ad sectionem Derocraniam Chaud. pertinet, quarum
species Ceylonenses capite postice attenuato, ut in Collyridibus basi
strangulato, menti lobis lateralibus in spinam deorsum directam pro-
ductis instructs sunt. Corpus virescenti-zneum. Caput levigatum,
fronte excavata, argute bisulcata. Antenne basi, articulis duobus
primis exceptis, rufo-testaceze, apicem versus magis fuscee. Prothorax
latitudine plus duplo longior, subconicus, basi apiceque modice con-
strictus, supra crebre et regulariter transversim strigosus. Coleoptera
elongata, angusta, subcylindrica, pone medium vix dilatata nec altiora,
apicem versus sensim subangustata, apice emarginata, undique trans-
versim rugosa, rugis versus apicem minus distinctis. Pedes rufo-
testacei, tarsis magis fuscis.

10. Collyris plicata.

C. cyanea; fronte postice convexa; elytris subvirescentibus, medio in
plicam transversam elevatis, lateribus pone plicam fortiter, ceterum
parce subtiliter punctatis.—Long. 9 lin.

Habitat in insulis Philippinis.

C. acrolie Chaud. statura et magnitudine similis, fronte postice
tumidula et plica media elytrorum transversa valde distincta. Cyanea,
elytris subvirescentibus. Caput postice valde convexum, fere tumi-
dulum, fronte nonnisi in parte anteriore declivi excavata, totum levi-
gatum., Antenne articulo tertio quartoque apice rufis. Prothorax basi
sat fortiter constrictus, postice levigatus, antice obsolete transversim
strigosus. Coleoptera plica transversa a medio usque ad suturam ex-
tensa valde elevata, extus in rugas duas dissoluta, ante plicam et rugas
parce subtiliter punctata, lateribus pone rugam subimpressis fortiter et
sat crebre punctata, in parte posteriore punctis sparsis minutissimis
obsita. Femora rufa, cyaneo induta.

62 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelide

11. Collyris speciosa.
C. cyaneo-violacea ; fronte postice excavata ; elytris basi posticeque punc-
tatis, medio transversim rugosis; femoribus rufis.—Long. 10 lin.
Habitat in insulis Philippinis.

Coll. acroie Chaud. iterum affinis, fronte postice magis excavata,
elytris basi apiceque sat fortiter punctatis, medio multo minus fortiter
sed in spatio majore transversim rugosis, femoribus dilutius rufis abunde
distincta. Corpus cyaneo-violaceum. Caput usque pone oculos valde
excavatum, excavatione postice latiore. Antenne articulo tertio quar-
toque apice rufis. Prothorax basi modice constrictus, supra obsolete
transversim strigosus. Coleoptera basi et postice sat crebre punctata,
punctis apice ipso evanescentibus, medio irregulariter transversim ru-
gosa. Pectus albo villosum. Femora rufa.

Besides C. plicata and C. speciosa, there are two more Philippine
species of Collyris described: Coll. acrolia, Chaud. Bull. d. Mose. iv.
1860, a large and beautiful species, described by Chaudoir as blackish,
but as being, in a fresh state, of a bluish green colour like C. plicata ;
and Ooll. albitarsis, Er. ( femorata, Westw.), a small species, which
varies, independently of the sex, in the colour of the posterior legs
(v. Chaud. Berl. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 399).

Synonymicat Norss.
1. Cicindela latipennis, Parry, Trans. Ent.Soc.iv. p. 84=C. angulata,
Herbst, Dej.
. OC. Prinseppii, Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. i. p. 64, sec. typum=C.
minuta, Fabr. (pumila, Dej.). The figure in the Transactions
is very inaccurate.

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3. C. Gyllenhalii, Dej., and C. imosa, Saund. 1. ¢., which have been
considered as identical, are distinct species. In the former the
elytra are entirely shining in the female and the sides of the
thorax rounded ; in the latter the elytra are opake, with only a
shining spot in the female, and the sides of the thorax nearly
straight.

>

. CO. funerea, MacLeay (Ann. Jay.), sec. typum=C. marginepunc-
tata, De}. A second specimen in the Kast India Cabinet, standing
as funerea, is= C. undulata, Dej.; but MacLeay’s description only
refers to C. marginepunctata.

5. C. tremebunda, MacLeay (Ann. Jay.). The type specimen in the
East India Cabinet is probably a small variety of C. Sumatrensis,
Herbst.

6. C. aurovittata, Brullé (Arch. du Mus. i. pl. 8. fig. 3)=C. sex-

punctata, Fabr., var.

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ba |

. C. erythropus, Brullé (1. ¢. pl. 9. fig. 2),=C. erudita, Wiedem.
(Zool. Mag. ii. p. 1).

8. C. triramosa, Kollar (Ann. d. Wien. Mus. i. p. 330), is, sec. typum,
also= C. erudita, Wied. (chloropus, Brullé).

9. C. insularis, Blanch. (Voy. au Péle Sud), from the Philippine
Islands,=C. lacrymosa, De}.

10. C. grammophora, Chaud. (Bull. d. Mose. 1850), is in all proba-

bility=C. cognata, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. ii.).

List of described Species of Crcrnpeta from Tropical Asia.

The numerous species may be divided into several sections, the
three first of which are well defined, and contain only allied species,
while the fourth is polymorphous, embracing species of very different
shape ; it cannot, however, be divided, as numerous and insensible
passages connect even the forms which appear at first most different.

I. Sutures by which the episterna of the prothorax are united to its dorsum
visible on the back of the prothorax.

Srct. I. Hypetha, LeConte (Revision of American Cicindelida,
Trans. Amer. Philos, Soc. xi. p. 28).

1. C. quadrilineata, Fabr., Dej., and, 2. C. biramosa, Fabr., Dej., are
the only known species of this group.

Il. Sutures of the episterna of the prothorax with its dorsum visible on
the under surface.

A. Labrum with five or seven teeth.

Sect. Il. Prothoraz et coleoptera cylindrica. Labrum septem- vel quinque-
dentatum. Divisio IIL., Dej. Euryoda, Lac. Heptadonta, Hope.
LEnictomorpha et Odontocheila, p., Chaud.

The species of this group are :—

. C. Hopei, Parry (Trans. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 84).—Assam,

. C. analis, Fabr., Dej.—Java and Borneo.

. C. posticalis, White (Ann. of Nat. Hist. xiv.).—Hong Kong.

. C. variipes, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1850).—India bor. Unknown
to me.

7. C. melanopyga, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862, p. 173).—Manilla.
8. C. patricia, Schaum (1. c. 1861, p. 68).—Celebes (Menado).

9. C. quadripunctata, Fabr., Dej.—Java.

10. C. prowima, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1860).—India bor.

So Or Bm CO

64 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidze

11. C. tetrastacta, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. ii. p. 1)=C. Colon, Klug
(Jahrb. p. 11), Brullé (Arch. d. Mus. 1. pl. 7. f. 9).—Bengala.

12. C. limbata, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. ii. pp. 1, 65)= Huryoda tetra-
spilota, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 29).—Bengala.

13. C. heteromalla, MacLeay (Ann. Jay.), Van der Linden (Essai
sur l’Ins. de Java, p. 10).—Java.

The species 3-8 constitute Chaudoir’s group Anictomorpha (Bull.
Mose. 1850, p. 11) ; the species 9-12 are referred by Chaudoir (Bull.
Mose. 1860, iv.) to the genus Odontocheila, Lap.

The following two species I have not been able to examine. I
conclude, however, from their descriptions, that they may also belong
to this group.

14. C. scrobiculata, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. ii. pp. 1, 65).—Bengala.
(Omitted in Lacordaire’s Gen. d. Col.)
15. C. exornata, Schmidt-Goebel (Faun. Birm. pl. 1. f. 7).—Birma.

The colour of the upper lip varies in the species of this group,
being yellow in C. analis, &c., bluish green with a white stripe in C.
quadripunctata, coppery in C. heteromalla, and black in C. limbata.

Sect. IIL. Prothorax et elytra subdepressa. Labrum semper quinque-
dentatum. Divisio V., Dej. Calochroa, Hope.

16. C. heros, Fabr., Van der Linden (1. c. p. 11), Brullé (Arch. du
Mus. i. pl. 8. f. 10).—Celebes.

17. C. lacrymans, Schaum (v. supra).

18. C. octonotata, Wied., Dej.—Bengala.

19. C. chinensis, Fabr., Dej.—China.

20. C. Duponti, De}.—Cochinchina.

21. C. aurulenta, Fabr., Dej. Var.: C.flavomaculata, Chevr. (Rev.
Zool. 1845, p. 95).—Java et China.

22. CO. intermedia, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 6).—Ind. or.

23. C.princeps, Vigors(Zool. Journ. i.). Varr.: C. aurofasciata, De}. ;
C. crucigera, Hope (Col. Man. ii. pl. 1. f. 2); C. lepida, Gory,
Mag. d. Zool. 1833, pl. 96 (Goryi, Chaud. Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 4).

Ceylon.

—Ind. or.
24. C. calligramma, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1861, tab. 1 B. f. 1).—
Ind. or.

25. C. dives, Gory (Mag. d. Zool. 1833, pl. 97).—Ind. or.
26. C. semivittata, Fabr., Schmidt-Goeb. Faun. Birm. pl. 1. f. 2.
Varr.: C. striolata, Ulig. (Wiedem. Archiv, i, 2. p. 114); C.

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Vigorsii, Dej.; C. dorsolineata, Chevr. (Rev. Zool. 1845) ; ef.
Schaum, Berl. Zeitschr. 1862, p. 173.—Sumatra, Java, Ins.
Philipp., Hong Kong.

27. C. assamensis, Parry (Trans. Ent. Soc. iv. pl. 11).—Assam.

28. C. Shivah, Parry (1. c. v. pl. 11).—Assam.

29. C. bicolor, Fabr., Dej.—Ind. or.

30. OC. hemorrhoidalis, Wied. (Zool. Mag. ii. 1. p. 63)=C. quadri-

‘ maculata, Sturm (Cat. 1826, tab. 1. f. 1)=C. flavopunetata,

Audouin (Mag. d. Zool. 1832, pl. 18).—Bengala.

31. C. octogramma, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 4).—Ind. or.

The following species, which I know only by their descriptions,
seem also to belong to this group.
32. C. guttata, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. ii. 1. p. 63), omitted by Lacor-
daire.—Bengala.
33. C. interruptofasciata, Schmidt-Goebel (Faun. Birm. pl. 1. f. 1).—
Birma.
34. C. tritoma, Schmidt-Goebel (Faun. Birm. pl. 1. f. 3).—Birma.
The colour of the upper lip varies also in the species of this group.
It is yellowish with a more or less brown apex in C. heros, lacry-
mans, princeps, calligramma, dives, eucosmeta, semivittata, guttata ;
yellowish with a black or green basis in chinensis, aurulenta, octo-
notata ; yellowish with green spots, or green with yellowish spots,
in Duponti, tritoma, imterruptofascata; entirely black in assa-
mensis, Shivah ; entirely metallic green in bicolor, hemorrhoidalis,
and octonotata.

B. Labrum with never more than three small teeth, usually but one, often
entirely unarmed.
Sect. IV.: Div. VI., Dej.
A. Prothorax levigatus, nitidus, cylindricus.
35. C. gloriosa, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1861).—Celebes (Menado).
36. C. eatmia, Van der Linden, Schaum (1. ¢.).—Celebes (Menado).
37. C. Diana, Thoms. (Arc. Nat. 11. 90), et var.? C. Latonia, Schaum
(1. c. tab. 1 B. f. 5).—Celebes (Menado),.
38. C. eustalacta, Schaum (1. ¢. tab. 1 B. f. 4).—Celebes (Menado).
39. C. didyma, Dej.—Java.
40. C. theratoides, Schaum (1. c. f. 3).—Celebes (Menado).

The specimen which I described has a coppery-golden upper lip ;

66 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidx

I have since obtained others where it is quite yellow, with scarcely
any metallic hue.

41. C. guttula, Fabr., Guér. (Mag. d. Zool. 1835, pl. 131).—Archip.

Indie.

42. CO. conspicua, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862, p. 177).—Ins.
Philipp.

43. C. virginea, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1860, p. 182),—Ins.
Philipp.

44. (. Clara, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1860, p. 181, tab. 3. f. 3), et
var. suavissima, Schaum (I. c. 1862, p. 176).—Ins. Philipp.

45. C. elegans, Dej.=C. versicolor, MacLeay (Ann. Jav.)=C. su-
perba, Koll. (Ann. d. Wien. Mus. 1.).—Java, Sumatra.

In the majority of the preceding species the upper lip is metallic
or black, in C. theratoides its colour is variable (coppery golden or
yellow), in CO. ewimia and C. Diana it is yellow with a metallic hue,
in C. didyma and C. guttula yellowish white.

B. Prothorax non levigatus, granulatus aut rugulosus, plerumque
parum nitidus.

a. Labrum metallicum aut nigrum, rarissime flavomaculatum.

46. C. fugax, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862, p. 177),—Ins. Philipp.

47. C. stenodera, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 72).—Celebes
(Menado).

48. C. decempunctata, Dej.—Ind. or. Unknown tome. The labrum
with a small yellow spot.

49. C. viridilabris, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852, p. 24).—Ind. or.

50. OC. viduata, Fabr.=C. triguttata, Herbst, Dej., Schmidt-Goeb.
=? C. Myrrha, Thoms. (Arch. Entom, i. p. 129)*.—Java, Su-
matra, Celebes, &e.

51. C. chlorochila, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1. e. p. 25).—Hong Kong.

52. O. nana, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862, p. 177).—Ins. Philipp.

53. C. conicollis, Schaum (1. ¢.).—Ins. Philipp.

The female of this species, which I had not seen when I pub-
lished my description, has the prothorax broader at the base than
the male, and more attenuated in front; the elytra are subtruncate
at the extreme apex. The tooth of the suture mentioned by me
(sutura aculeata) is even in the male usually very small.

* T have not seena type of C. Myrrha, Thoms. ; but the very unsatisfactory de-
scription agrees with C. viduata.

54,

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C. mandibularis, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1860).—Ins. Philipp.

The two last species are remarkable by their unusually long and
slender mandibule, by their long last joint of the palpi (that of the
labial being not much shorter than the penultimate), and by their
thorax more or less attenuated in front, as in C. psammodroma,
ancora, &e.

55.

56.

57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.

64.

b. Labrum albidum.
C. sexpunctata, Fabr., Dej. ; var. C. aurovittata, Brullé (Arch. d.
Mus. i. pl. 8. f. 3).—Ind. or., Ins. Philipp.

C. Whithillii, Hope (Col. Man. ii. p. 23, omitted by Lacordaire).
—Ind. or. (Madras).

C. decemguttata, Fabr., Dej—Celebes, Amboina.

C. albina, Wiedem.; albida, Dej.—Ind. or.

C. catena, Fabr., Dej.—Ind. or.

C.. Candei, Chevr. (Rev. Zool. 1845),—China (Hong Kong).

C. cancellata, Dej., Schmidt-Goebel (tab. 1. f. 4).—Java, Birma.
C. striatifrons, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852).—Ind. or.

C. funerea, MacLeay (Ann. Jav.)=C. marginepunctata, Dej.

Var. C. opigrapha, Dej., et var. multinotata, Schaum (Berl.
Zeitschr. 1861).—Java, Birma, Celebes, &c.

C. Himalayica, Redtenb. (Hugel’s Kaschmir, iv. 2. pl. 23. f. 1).
—Himalaya.

. C. fuliginosa, Dej., Schmidt-Goebel (pl. 1. f. 6).—Malacea.
. C.lacrymosa, Dej.= C.insularis, Blanch.(Voy. au Pole Sud, pl. 1.

f. 1).—Ins, Philipp.

. C. vittigera, Dej.— Java (teste Van der Linden, p. 15).
68.
. C. multiguttata, De}.—Ind. or.

. C. angulata, Herbst, Dej., Schmidt-Goeb. (tab. 1. f. 8)=C. lati-

C. vigintiguttata, Herbst, Dej.—Ind. or.

penms, Parry (Trans. Ent. Soc. iv.).—Ind. or.

. C. sumatrensis, Herbst, Dej.=C. arcuata, Koll. (Ann. d, Wien.

Mus. i.)=? C. angulata, Fabr.=? C. tremebunda, MacLeay.—
Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Ins. Philipp.

. C. LeGuillow, Guér. (Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 120)=C. Boyeri,

Blanch. (Voy. au Pole Sud, pl. 1. f. 2).—Borneo.

. C. nitida, Wiedem., Dej.=C. venosa, Koll. (1. c.).—Bengala.
. C. cognata, Wiedem. (Zool. Mag. 1. 1)=?C. grammophora,

Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852).—Bengala.

. C. excisa, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862).—Ins. Philipp.

68 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidee

76. C. minuta, Fabr.=C. baltimorensis, Herbst=C. pumila, Dej.,
=C. acuminata, Koll. (1. ¢.)=C. Prinseppii, Saund. (Trans.
Ent. Soe. i.) =? C. tremebunda, MacLeay.—Ind. or., Java.

77. C. erudita, Wiedem. (1. ¢.)=C. triramosa, Kollar= C. chloropus,
Brullé (Arch. d. Mus. pl. 9. f. 2).—Ind. or.

78. C. amabilis, Dej.—Ind. or.

79. C. bigemina, Kug= C. tremula, Brullé (1. ¢. pl. 9. f.3).—Ind. or.

80. C. undulata, Dej.= 2 C. speculifera, Chevr. (Rev. Zool. 1845).—
Java, Hong Kong.

81. OC. fastidiosa, Dej.= C. litigiosa, De}., sec. typum, teste Chaud.—
Ind. or.

82. C. ludia, De}.—Java.

83. C. distinguenda, Dej.= Myriochila Dohrnii, Motsch. Etud. Entom.
vi. p. 109, teste Chaud.—Ind. or.

84. C. atelesta,Chaud. (Bull. Mosc. 1854, p.4); C. omperfecta,Chaud.
(Bull. 1852).—Ind. bor.

85. C. leucoloma, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852).—Ind. bor.

86. CO. albopunctata, Chaud. (1. ¢.).—Ind. bor.

87. C. disereta, Schaum (v. supra).—Celebes (Menado).

88. C. dromicoides, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1852).—Ind. bor.

89. C. funebris, Schmidt-Goebel.—Birma.

90. C. macilenta, Schaum (Berl. Zeitschr. 1862).—Ins. Philipp.

91. OC. craspedota, Schaum (y. supra).—Celebes (Menado).

92. OC. terminata, Dej.—Ins. Philipp.

93. C. Gyllenhalii, Dej.—Ind. or.

94. C. limosa, Saund. (Trans. Ent. Soc. i. tab. 8. f. 6), Schmidt-
Goebel.—Bengala.

95. C. niveicincta, Chevr. (Rev. Zool. 1845).—China (Hong Kong).

96. CO. phalangoides, Schmidt-Goebel (tab. 1. f. 5).—Birma.

97. C. avraneipes, Schaum (y. supra).—Borneo.

98. C. tenuipes, Dej—Cochinchina.

99. C. longipes, Fabr., Dej—Java.

100. OC. punctatissima, Schaum (vy. supra).—China (Amoy).

101. C. psammodroma, Chevr. (Rev. Zool. 1845).—China (Hong
Kong). :

102. C. ancoralis, Chevr. (1. ¢.).—China (Hong Kong).

The last six species have a comparatively small head with a flat
front, and a distinct point on each side in the cmargination of the

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eye, the prothorax is more or less attenuated in front, and the
legs of unusual, or even extraordinary length. On such species
Hope’s genus Habroscelis is founded ; they cannot, however, even be
separated as a section, as an insensible passage between them and
the other species may be traced through C. Ypsilon, nitidula, nivet-
cincta, phalangoides, &c. The two following species, unknown to me,
seem also to be such intermediate forms.

103. C. Kinbergi, Bohem, (Eugen. Reis.).—Ind. or. (Puna).
104. C. copulata, Schmidt-Goebel.—Ind. or. (Bengala ?).

Sect. V. Labrum majusculum, antice rotundato-angustatum.

Div. VII., Dej.
a, Labrum flavum.
105, C. funesta, Fabr., Dej.=C. cayennensis, Herbst.—Ind. or.
106. C. pupillata, Schaum (vy. supra).—Mysol.
107. C. foveolata, Schaum (v. supra).—Celebes.

b. Labrum concolor.

108. C. placida, Schaum (v. supra).—Mysol.

There are a few more species described, to which I am unable to
assign a place.

109. C. limbata, Schmidt-Goebel, p. 7, from Birma, having a yellow
labrum with three teeth, may either belong to Sectio IV. zs. b.,
or to Sectio I. (Hypetha), as the author compares it to C. bira-
mosa, without, however, noticing the dorsal sutures of the pro-
thorax. As the name limbata was preoccupied for another
species by Wiedemann, I propose for the present that of Helfert.

110. C. holosericea, Fabr., from Java, A small species, which is en-
tered in Dejean’s Catalogue (3rd ed.) after C. funesta, Fabr.,
from which it would appear that it belongs to Sectio V.

111. C. interrupta, Fabr., from Java, A small species with a yellow
labrum, which belongs either to Sectio IV. B. b., or to Sectio V. a.

A species completely unknown to all modern entomologists is C.
cyanea, Fabr., stated to be a large blue insect from India; it may
not even belong to the genus Crcindela. C. viridula, Schonh., Dej.,
a species from Mauritius, but stated by Schonherr to occur in India,
belongs to the genus Megalomma, Westw., distinguished from Cicin-
dela by the swollen antepenultimate joint of the labial palpi.

List of the Species of TRIcoNDYLA,

I cannot consider the genus Derocrania, established by Baron

70 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidxe

Chaudoir (Bull. Mose. 1860, iv.) on some Ceylonese species, as being
well founded. He distinguishes it from Tricondyla principally
“‘capite basi strangulato, fronte parum excavata, menti lobis acu-
tissimis.” The head is, however, equally attenuated behind and
constricted at the base in 7’. cyanipes and allied species; the flat
front is also found in 7. planiceps ; the lobes of the mentum are also
very acute in 7’. planiceps, which does not belong to Derocrania.
The genus Tricondyla, constituted as it is, is so eminently natu-
ral, that it only admits of further division into sections, not into
genera. The known species of it have been simultaneously enu-
merated both by Chaudoir (Bull. Mosc. 1860) and by me (Berl.
Zeitschr. 1861); the list given of them requires, however, some
emendation, as I have convinced myself by the examination of a vast
number of specimens in the British Collections, especially in those of
W. W. Saunders and A. Wallace. The actually known species may
be thus arranged.

I. Caput postice non strangulatum.
A. Prothorax inter sulcum transversum basalem et apicalem plus
minusve inflatus, levigatus.

1. 7. aptera, Oliv., De}. ; connata, Lamarck*.

Var. T. Chevrolatii, Lap., Brullé.

Var. 7. pedestris, Klug=varicornis, Chaud. (Ann. Soc. Ent.

d. France, 1861).
Var. 7. violacea, Chaud. (Bull. d. Mose. 1860).

T. Chevrolatii, Lap., Brullé, which is in all probability erroneously
stated by Laporte to have come from Jaya, is a variety of aptera with
red femora, found in the various islands of the Eastern Archipelago
approaching New Guinea. Neither the sculpture nor the form offers
any real difference from aptera, and a great number of specimens in
the collection of Mr. Saunders show all passages in the colour of the
femora. 1’. pedestris, Klug, and varicornis, Chaud., are established
on specimens in which not only the femora, but also the apex of the
labrum and the first joint of the antenne are reddish. 7’. vrolacea,
Chaud., is a more marked variety, with somewhat shorter elytra and a
more violaceous colour; but even these differences shade off gradually.
It is probable, but not yet quite ascertained, that the black variety
of 7’. cyanea described by Van der Linden, on which Brullé founded
his 7. atrata, is = Chevrolatii, Lap. T. Wallace:, Thoms., from
Borneo, formerly, in consequence of its unsatisfactory description,
referred to 7’. Chevrolatii, is, as I am informed by Baron Chaudoir,

* The full quotations are given by me in Berl. Zeitschr. 1861 and 1862.

of Tropical Asia. 71

a distinct species, allied to cyanea, Dej., which has been taken by
Count Castelnau also on the Malayan peninsula.

2. T. punctipennis, Chevr. ; globicollis et vicina, Chaud.—Philippine
Islands.
3. T. ventricosa, Schaum.—Philippine Islands.
4. T. annulicornis, Schmidt-Goebel.—Birma. (Cf. Berl. Zeitschr.
1862, p. 184.)
5. T. gibba, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1861, ii. p.358).—Cambodia. Evi-
dently closely allied to the preceding.
. T. punctulata, Chaud. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861)—Ceram. Un-
known to me.
7. T. Wallacet, Thoms.—Borneo, Malacca.
8. T. cyanea, De}.—Java.
9, T. macrodera, Chaud.—Hindostan.
10. 7. Mellyi, Chaud.—Hindostan. Unknown to me.
11. T. tuberculata, Chaud.—China? Unknown to me.

o>

B. Prothorax non inflatus, cylindricus, transversim strigosus.

12. J. coriacea, Chevr.—Ceylon.
13. 7. granulosa, Motsch.—Ceylon.
14. T. pulchripes, White—Hong Kong.
Il. Caput postice attenuatum, basi strangulatum.
A. Prothorax levigatus. Menti lobi laterales antrorsum directt.

The known species of this section are all from the Philippine
Islands.

15. T. conicicollis, Chaud.
16. 7. cyanipes, Eschsch., De}.
17. T. cavifrons, Schaum.
18. 7. planiceps, Schaum.
B. Prothorax, saltem in parte, transversim strigosus. Menti lobi in
spinam deorsum directam producti. Derocrania, Chaud.

The known species are all from Ceylon.
19. 7. Dohrnii, Chaud.
20. T. concinna, Chaud.
21. T. nematodes, Schaum.
22. T. gibbiceps, Chaud.
23. T. rhaphidioides, Schaum ; levigata, Chaud.

The description of levigata, Chaud., is published in No. iv. Bull.

72 Dr. Schaum on the Cicindelidee

d. Mose. 1860. This, however, appeared later than the first part
of the Berliner Zeitschrift for 1861.

List of the Species of Couiyris.

The number of described species of this genus is very considerable ;
but as many of them are closely allied, and described in an unsatis-
factory manner, frequently without reference to those already known,
it is only by comparison of the type specimens that the synonymy of
the obscurer species can be cleared up. The following list must
therefore be considered as provisional only.

1. C. longicollis, Fabr.—Siam. (Type in the Banksian cabinet.)

2. C. Laferte:, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1860, iv.).—Hindostan.

3. C. Dohrnii, Chaud.—Ceylon.

4. C. aptera, Lund (Skrifter af Naturh. Selsk. i. p. 65, tab. 6. f. 1:
Copenh. 1790), Fabr.—Ind. or. (Type in the Copenhagen col-
lection.)

? C. aptera, Chaud. (Bull. 1860).—Bengala.

2? C. major, Latr. (et Dej. Icon. i. pl. 2. f. 4), Brullé (Hist. Nat.

d. Ins. iv. pl. 3. f. 1).

5. C. acrolia, Chaud.—Philippine Islands.

6. C. speciosa, Schaum (v. supra).—Philippine Islands.

7. C. plicata, Schaum.—Philippine Islands.

8. C. Chevrolatii, Guér. (Mag. d. Zool. vii. pl. 226).—Java.

2? C. major, Latr. 1. c.

9. C. tuberculata, MacLeay= C. longicollis, Dej., non Fabr.=C. Au-
down, Lap., Brullé.—Java.

10. C. crassicornis, Dej.=C. Diardi, MacLeay (sec. typ.)= C. Mac-
Leayi, Brullé=C. purpurata, Klug (sec. typ., purple-coloured
variety ).—Ind. or., Java.

11. C. modesta, De}.—Java.

12. C. Arnoldi, MacLeay.—Java.

13. C. Horsfieldit, MacLeay, Van der Linden, Brullé = C. rugicollis,
Klug.

14. C. lugubris, Van der Linden.—Java.

Java.

15. C. elegans, Van der Linden.—Java.

16. C. Robynsi, Van der Linden.—Java.

17. C. emarginata, Dej. ; longicollis, Oliv.—Ind. or.

18. O. Diardi, Latr. (et Dej. Icon.)=C. tarsata, Klug.—Java, Su-
matra.

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19. C. rufitarsis, Klug.—Java.

20. C. brevicollis, Klug.—Ind. or.

21. C. Bonellti, Guér. (Bélang. Voy.).—Bengala, Java.

22. C. cribellata, Chaud. (Bull. Mosc. 1860).—Deccan.

23. C. distincta, Chaud. (1. c.).—Ind. or.

24. C. celebensis, Chaud. (1. c.).—Celebes.

25. C. puncticollis, Chaud.—Hindostan.

26. C. filiformis.—Chaud. (Bull. 1843).—Java.

27. C. caviceps, Klug; C. longicollis, Herbst, non Fabr.—N.
28. C. obscura, Lap., Brull. (Arch. d. Mus.).—Java.

29. C. postica, Brull. (Arch. d. Mus. pl. 9. f. 8).—Java.

30. C. ruficornis, Brull.—Bengal.

31. C. flavitarsis, Brull.—Java.

32. C. Ortygia, Buquet (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. p. 604).—Java.

33. C. albitarsis, Erichs. (Act. Leopold.)=C. femorata, Westw. (Proce.
Zool. Soe. 1837).—Manilla.

34, C. attenuata, Redtenb. (Hiigel’s Kaschmir).—Himalaya.
35. C. pleuritica, Schmidt-Goebel.—Birma.

36. C. melanopoda, Schmidt-Goeb.—Birma.

37. C. mesta, Schmidt-Goeb.—Birma.

38. C. cruentata, Schmidt-G.—Birma.

39. C. cylindrica, Schmidt-G.—Birma.

40. C. linearis, Schmidt-G.—Birma.

41. C. diffracta, Schmidt-G.—Birma.

42. C. fuscitarsis, Schmidt-G.—Birma.

43. C. parvula, Chaud. (Bull. Mose. 1848 ; Bull. 1860).—Ind. or.
44. C. amena, Chaud.—Ind. or.

45. C. saphyrina, Chaud. (Bull. 1850)=C. Boysii, Chaud. (Bull.
1860), var. major.—Ind. bor.

46. C. maculicornis, Chaud.—Simlah.

47. C. subdilatata, Chaud.—Deccan.

48. C. flavicornis, Chaud.—Hindostan.

49. C. chloroptera, Chaud.—Singapore.

50. C. varitarsis, Chaud.—Hindostan.

51. C. dolens, Chaud. (Berl. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 399).—Borneo.

52. C. sarawakensis, Thoms.—Borneo (Sarawak). (Nomen horribile.)
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74 Dr. Schaum on four new Genera of Carabide.

53. C. cribripennis, Thoms.—Borneo.

54. C. leucopus, Schaum ; albitarsis, Thoms. ; leucodactyla, Chaud.—
Borneo.

55. C. gibbicollis, Motsch. (Etud, vi. pl. f. 4).—Assam.

THERATES.

Having given a list of the species (Berl. Zeitschr. 1860) and a
supplementary note to it (¢b¢d. 1862), I will confine myself here to
a few observations.

Therates vigilax, Schaum, from the Philippine Islands, varies in
the extent of the black colour of the elytra; I have seen specimens
where it has even completely disappeared and the elytra are quite
yellow. The same variation seems to occur in Th. fasciatus from
Celebes; for a specimen in Mr. Wallace’s collection with entirely
yellow elytra did not, on a cursory examination, appear to me to be
anything but a variety. Th. flavilabris, Fabr., seems to have been
established on such a specimen ; his type was considered as a variety
of fasciatus (Boisd. Faun. de ’Océan. p. 10) by Latreille.

To the list of species enumerated by me is to be added T'h. cyaneus,
Chaud. (Bull. d. Mosc. 1861, iv.), from Mysol.

The name of the species no. 3 of my list (Berl. Zeitschr. 1860,
p. 183) ought to be cwruleus instead of cyaneus.

VII.— Descriptions of four new Genera of Carabidee.
By Dr. H. Scnavm.

Tyzonorus [tribum novum 7'ylonotint constituens |.
Coxe medi@ valde approximatie, mesosterno et metasterno apice angustis.
Epimera mesothoracis episternis concreta coxas medias attingentia.
Tibie antice simplices, anteriores intus ciliatee.
Prothorax dorso turbinatus.
Margo elytrorum integer.

This most interesting insect, on which I propose to establish a new
tribe of Carabide, bears a great similarity to the Ozenid (espe-
cially to the genus Z’ropopsis, Sol.), and agrees with them (and the
Pseudomorphide) in having a very narrow mesosternum, so that the
middle coxe are nearly contiguous ; it differs, however, by its com-
pletely simple anterior tibis, by the margin of the elytra not being
interrupted, and by the epimera and episterna of the mesothorax
being entirely connate.

Hyes prominent, entirely globose, not truncated or emarginated behind

Dr. Schaum on four new Genera of Carabide. 75

as in the Ozenide. Antenne almost of the length of the head and
thorax *, much more slender than in the typical Ozenide, resembling
those of the genus Physea, Brull., with the three basal joints smoother
than the rest. Labrum short, emarginate, with produced angles. Mentum
with a single tooth in its middle. Prothorax rather elongate, with the
disk elevated and callous, and a broad oblong impression on each side
between the callus and the elevated margin. Mesosternum very narrow
between the intermediate coxa, but still separating them and receiving
the attenuated apex of the metastenum. Episterna and epimera of the
mesothorax completely soldered together, forming a large portion of the
intermediate acetabula. Episterna of the metathorax elongate as in
Ozzenidee, epimera conspicuous. Elytra elongate, impressed on each
side a little before the middle, so that the margin forms here a little
sinus. Anterior and intermediate tibie a little flexuous inside, ciliate,
the anterior a little dilated before the apex, without any trace of emar-
gination, and with but one very small spur at the inner extremity.
Abdomen with the second and ventral segment connate.

Tylonotus Fry. (Pl. IV. fig. 2.)
T. testaceus, parce pilosus; capite prothoraceque levigatis, hoc fossula
media anteriore; elytris dorso obsolete striatis, interstitiis alternis
seriatim obsolete punctatis——Long. 4 lin.

The only specimen I am acquainted with is in the collection of
A. Fry, Esq., who took it in the Brazils (Espiritu Santo). —

Boruynoptera [trib. Lebiade].

Caput postice constrictum ; oculis magnis, valde globosis.

Labrum transversum, apice subrotundatum.

Mandibule breves, late, deplanate, parum arcuate.

Palpi articulo ultimo ovali.

Mentum medio emarginatum, membrana basali valde conspicua, para-

glossa cum ligula connata.
Prothorax subquadratus, lateribus sinuatus, basi truncatus, supra depla-

natus.
Elytra postica sublatiora, apice late emarginata, dorso foveolis majoribus

impressis.

Tarsi articulo quarto bilobo, unguiculis valde pectinatis.

In the great number of genera composing the tribe of Lebiade
three different types may be distinguished, the Cymindes, Dromii,
and the genuine Lebiade (cf. Lacord. i. p. 102; LeConte, Classif. of
Col. p. 23). The genuine Lebiad are represented by those genera
in which the head is constricted behind, and in which the mentum
is not distinctly toothed but has the emargination more or less

* They are a little too short in the figure.

a 2

76 Dr. Schaum on four new Genera of Carabide.

filled-in with a basal membrane. Such genera are Lebia (including
Ina, Eschsch.), Nemotarsus, LeC., Cryptobatis, Sarothrocrepis, Eury-
celus, Physodera, Singilis, and Plochionus. Of the other genera
mentioned by Lacordaire the following are, however, to be excluded :
—Pentagonica, Schmidt-Goebel(= Rhombodera, Reiche), Mochtherus,
and Arsinoé (= Rhaphidognatha, Murray), which by their large la-
brum are Pericalide ; Huplynes, Schmidt-G.(=Dyscolus, De}.),which
is an Anchomenid; Rhopalostyla, which stands better among the
Cymindes; T'etragonoderus,which approaches nearer the Dromii; and
Masoreus, which constitutes a type of its own. The genera Prome-
coptera, Haplopeza, Scalidion, and Dolichoctis are unknown to me.

Of the genera composing the true Lebiad, to which also Bothy-
noptera belongs, Lebia, Nemotarsus, Cryptobatis, Sarothrocrepis,
Physodera, and Singilis have the prothorax more or less pedunculate
in the middle; while it is truncate in Plochionus, and with rounded
posterior angles in Eurycelus. It is also truncate in Bothynoptera,
which is very distinct from the others in the shape of the prothorax,
in the elytra being broadly emarginate at the apex and having fovese
on their dorsum, and in the extraordinary size and number of the
comb-like teeth of the claws.

Bothynoptera dorsigera. (P1. IV. fig. 3.)

B. brunnea, capite intra oculos fossulato, ante fossulam macula testacea
notato ; prothoracis apice et basi fossulatis, lateribus valde deplanatis,
testaceis; elytris subtilissime striatis, foveis quatuor majoribus seriatis,
plaga magna dorsali testacea.—Long. 5 lin.

Discovered by Captain Boys in Northern India. A specimen has
been given to me by Professor Westwood.

Acmastss [ trib. Harpalidee ].

Caput maximum, postice non attenuatum.

Antenne capite parum majores, tenues.

Oculi sat magni, sed parum prominentes.

Labrum antice subemarginatum.

Mandibule breves, obtuse.

Palpi maxillares axrticulo ultimo precedente multo breviore.

Mentum dente medio minutissimo.

Rrothorax coleopteris vix angustior, postice angustatus, angulis postice
rectis, margine subdeplanato.

Coleoptera ovata, parum convexa.

Tarsi presertim postict tibiis multo breviores, subdilatati, setosi, antici
maris simplices.

Tibiarum calcaria valida, interna preesertim paris intermedii externis
multo longiora.

Dr. Schaum on four new Genera of Carabide. 77

The numerous group of Harpalide has been divided by Lacordaire
and LeConte into three subsections: one embracing the genera in
which the anterior tarsi of the male are not dilated—Cratoceride,
Lac.=Dapti, LeC.; the second, those in which the tarsi in the male
are dilated and clothed underneath with a brush of hair—Anisodac-
tylide, Lac.= Eurytrichi, LeC.; the third, such as have the anterior
tarsi in the male dilated and clothed underneath with squamiform
papille—true Harpalini. The genera of the first subsection have all
a large and more or less square head, which is not attenuated behind
(Cratocerus, Geopinus, Daptus, Batoscelis, Nothopus, Amblygnathus,
Melanotus*), a form of the head which is also found in a number of
genuine Harpalini, such as Pangus, Schaum, Cratacanthus, Crato-
gnathus, Barysomus, Anisocnemus, Paramecus. The genus Acinopus,
associated by Lacordaire with the latter, is, however, to be removed
from them and to be added to the first subsection ; for although the
anterior tarsi are somewhat more dilated in the male than in the
female, they are not clothed underneath with squamiform papille.
I have already elsewhere (Berl. Zeitschr. 1859, p. 274) drawn
attention to the close affinity of the apparently anomalous genus
Heteracantha,. Brullé (Lacord. i. p. 307), with Acinopus ; this is fur-
ther confirmed by the discovery of Acmastes, which is an intermediate
form, closely allied in its characters to Heteracantha, but differing
from it by its short and obtuse mandibles, by the size of its head
and prothorax, the latter being almost equal in breadth to the
coleoptera, by its stouter legs, and by the different size and form of
the tibial spurs, which are almost equal in Heteracantha. In its
general form it much resembles a Scarites or Pasimachus, and might
be considered as a proof that Chaudoir was perfectly right in putting
the remarkable genus Dioctes, Ménétr. (Lac. i. p. 238), as well as
Heteracantha, next to Acinopus. There is but one character which
still induces me to associate the latter rather with the Ditomi, while
it must be acknowledged at the same time that the Ditom: themselves
can scarcely be separated from the Harpalin: this character con-
sists in the produced corners of the forehead, by which in Dvroctes as
well as in the Ditomi the insertion of the antenne is covered; it is
the only character by which the Ditomi may still be distinguished
from the Harpalini.

* Of the genera referred by Lacordaire to this subdivision, Cyclosomus, Somo-

platus, and Macracanthus have to be removed, Cyclosomus constituting a proper
group, and Somoplatus and Macracanthus being nearly allied to Masoreus.

78 Dr. Schaum on four new Genera of Carabide.

Acmastes Haroldii. (PI. IV. fig. 4.)
A, niger, coleopteris subtilissime striatis.—Long. 93 lin.

The eighth stria of the elytra, which in Heteracantha is close to
the ninth, and follows it throughout the length of the elytron, recedes
in Acmastes from the ninth behind the shoulder and approaches it
again behind the middle, forming a feeble, externally concave sinus.

A unique specimen of this remarkable insect has been taken by
Baron Harold, of Munich, at Mogador, who kindly presented it to
me. Although its sex is not ascertained, I have no doubt that the
anterior tarsi are not dilated in the male.

Puorticosomvs [trib. Harpalini].

Caput crassum, postice non attenuatum.

Labrum subquadratum, fere truncatum.

Palpi mazillares articulo ultimo preecedenti sequalis.

Mentum dente medio parvo, membrana basali valde conspicua.
Prothorax l\ateribus et angulis posticis rotundatis.

Elytra sine striola scutellari.

Tarsi antici in utroque sexu simplices,

This genus belongs also to the group of Dapti (Cratoceride), having
the anterior feet not dilated in the male, and a large head not con-
tracted behind ; it is closely allied to Acinopus, and differs chiefly in
its truncate labrum, and elytra without the scutellar striola.

Phorticosomus felix, (PI. IV. fig. 5.)

P. supra piceus, subtus rufo-piceus ; prothorace basi obsolete punctulato-
rugoso ; elytris profunde striatis, striis levibus—Long. 53 lin.
Habitat in Australia felici (Victoria) (D. Bakewell).

EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV.

Fig. 1. Tricondyla nematodes. Fig. 3. Bothynoptera dorsigera.
9 2. Tylonotus Fry. 3a. Maxille and labium.
2a. Seen sideways. 36. Anterior leg.
2b, Anterior leg. 3c. Claws of the leg.
2¢, Middle leg. yy 4. Acmastes Haroldii.

4a. Middle leg.

» 9. Phorticosomus felix.

List of the Colydiidee collected in the Amazons Valley. 79

VIII.—List of the Colydiidee collected in the Amazons Valley by
H. W. Bates, Esq., and Descriptions of new Species. By FRancts
P. Pascor, F.L.S., &e.

Tue number of species of Colydiide collected by Mr. Bates during his
long residence in the Valley of the Amazons, and now in my collec-
tion, amounts to thirty-nine*. For a family in which the species
are generally small and inconspicuous, and whose lives are passed
for the most part beneath the bark of trees, or in holes and galleries
of the wood, and which therefore must be sought for with especial
care and attention, this may be considered a large numbert. Even
this number might doubtless have been exceeded if this able naturalist
could have devoted more time to the investigation, but it is enough to
show that multitudes remain to be revealed when other districts shall
have been worked with the same care.

It would be premature at this time to enter into any analysis of
the distribution of the genera and species which this collection might
have suggested ; as yet, we are scarcely on the threshold of our know-
ledge of the family. For the present I shall follow the division of
the Colydiide into the five subfamilies proposed by Erichson, pre-
mising that one of them, the Pycnomerine, although represented at
Rio, is absent from this collection.

The following table shows the most salient of the diagnostic cha-
racters of the genera mentioned in this list.

SYNCHITIN.[,
Tarsi with the basal joint short.
Body peltiform, antenne 12-jointed.............. Zancelea, n. g.
Body oblong, antennz 11-jointed.
Without antennary grooves ............-2000. Bitoma, Herbst.
With antennary grooves.
Prothorax lobed anteriorly ................ Distaphyla, Pase.
Prothorax not lobed anteriorly .............. Phieodalis, Ev.
Tarsi with the basal joint elongate ........ ....... Acropis, Burm.

* For some of these, however, I am indebted to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq.,
who, with rare generosity, has permitted me to take possession of many speci-
mens, often unique, in this and the allied groups, which were wanting in my
collection.

+ Before Mr. Wollaston commenced his researches at Madeira and the Canaries,
the total number of described species was not above sixty.

80 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

CoLypIInz.

Antenne concealed at their insertion.
Antenne clavate.
Club of three joints.
Prothorax smooth.

Kilytra Carinaten) cael avas's visas aped pee ate eles Trenytha, n. g.

iby tira Bri Oblt oi harate's) srs m whe ava a ees e ona sonaeeiey Ocholissa, n. g.
Prothorax grooved.

Why tra carimate 1). Wels\aclelc ie ae Shwe ae eeniele Anarmostes, Pase.

i yArAISMOOER sie. carne ate Sevens to niena ays Aulonium, Ex.

Club of two joints.
Prothorax elongate, with two impressed lines.. Phreatus, n. g.
Prothorax transverse, with irregular raised lines Coniophea, n. g.
Antenne gradually enlarging towards the extremity Endestes, n. g.

Antenne not concealed at the base .............44- Nematidium, Er.
BoruRipERINz.
Tarsi with the basal joint elongate ................ Sosylus, Er.
Tarsi with the basal joint short.
HUlyitey CATIMALO steer tine vies crete sistema wale « the ciateiee Sane Bothrideres, Er.
byte MOU CATINALE 1/0 o> wini > cistalsrs lege eats aie one ot Minthea, n. g.
CERYLONIN 2.
EGG VAPOILLOPM, “.Eieiaisis « sarees shu ibyis vcletsetuer ebareieletels Discoloma, Er.
MEGA Yt OTB 0) sina, os ui iaa/sjojoie nia le aoe jaim aietllals cape elogai Cerylon, Latr.
ZANCLEA.

Caput immersum, transversum, antice rotundatum. Ocwli magni, pro-
minentes. Antenne breves, basi tectee, duodecimarticulate, clava
biarticulata. Palpi maxillares articulo ultimo triangulari. Prothorax
transversus, lateribus late marginatis, disco utrinque bicostato. Elytra
carinata, lateribus marginatis. Tibre filiformes, inermes. Tarsi articulis
tribus primis brevissimis. Corpus ovatum, subdepressum. (Coxe post.
subremotie. Abd. segm. primo majore.)

A minute peltiform insect, scarcely a line in length, constitutes
this singular genus. Its affinities are very uncertain; the greater
size of the basal segment of the abdomen would, according to Erich-
son’s arrangement, place it either with the Colydiime or the Bothri-
derine, with neither of which has it any affinity, while the posterior
cox, separated by a somewhat triangular process, which is rounded,
however, to a certain extent anteriorly, cannot be said to be remote,
while at the same time they are not approximate. The 12-jointed
antenni are also worthy of notice. There is no antennary groove.

of the Amazons Valley. 81
Zanclea testudinea. (PI. V. fig. 5.)

Z. fulvo-testacea, nitida; capite inter oculos, prothoracis disco elytrisque
maculis nigris, his utrinque tricarinatis.
Hab. ga.

Fulvo-testaceous, shining; head transverse, rounded anteriorly, black
between the eyes, lip small, distinct; antennz testaceous, short, con-
cealed at the base, twelve-jointed, the first two moderately elongate,
incrassate, the remainder to the tenth gradually diminishing in length,
the last two forming a large, almost rounded club ; palpi pale testaceous,
terminal joint of the maxillary obliquely triangular, of the labial sub-
cylindrical; prothorax sparsely punctured, transverse, bisinuate ante-
riorly, the lateral margins rounded and dilated, two slightly raised costee
on each side, with a dark ill-defined black patch on the disk; scutellum
small, scutiform; elytra a little wider than the prothorax and closely
connected to it at the base, the lateral margins dilated, with three
carinze on the middle of each, several black spots on the disk which
unite to form an O-shaped mark, from which diverge towards the
anterior angles and posteriorly four obscure spots ; body beneath testa-
ceous, shining, with scattered linear punctures; legs pale testaceous ;
femora robust ; tibize subfiliform, unarmed; tarsi with the claw-joint
much longer than the three basal joints together. Length 1 line.

Bitoma socialis.

B. angusta, rufo-fusca; prothorace subquadrato, utrinque bicostato, basi
lineis duabus elevatis V-formibus signato; elytris quinquecostatis, sin-
gulis medio rufo vittatis.

Hab. Ega.

Narrow, dark reddish brown, on each elytron a broad central reddish
stripe ; head closely and coarsely punctured, an impressed line in front
which divides between the eyes, and terminates on each side in a hollow
on the dilated portion above the insertion of the antenne ; prothorax
transversely subquadrate, the margins crenated, with two costz on each
side, which are slightly curved inwards anteriorly, and at the base be-
tween them two elevated lines forming a narrow V-shaped mark ; scu-
tellum transverse ; elytra 5-costate, with two rows of coarse punctures
in the intervals; body beneath and legs rufous brown; antennee dark
brown. Length 1} line.

Beneath the bark of Inga trees in “‘ numerous assemblages.”

Bitoma pauaxilla.

B. angusta, ferruginea; prothorace subquadrato, utrinque bicostato, basi
lineis duabus elevatis parallelis distantibus ; elytris 5-costatis.
Hab. San Paulo.
Smaller and narrower than the last, uniformly ferruginous; head
finely granulate, slightly convex in front; prothorax nearly quadrate,

82 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

granulate, the margins crenate, two coste on each side, the inner very
slightly curved anteriorly, the base with two distant, parallel, elevated
lines, which are scarcely half the length of the prothorax ; scutellum
punctiform ; elytra 5-costate, the intervals with a double row of shallow
punctures ; body beneath brownish ferruginous, closely punctured ; an-
tennes and legs ferruginous; eyes black. Length 1-1; line.

Bitoma jejuna.
Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 102.

In my description of this species the prothorax was stated to have
three costz on each side; it would have been better, however, to
consider the innermost as a mere duplicature of the second, as has
been done in the preceding species. The comparative characters of
the three Amazons species may be tabulated thus :—

Prothorax with two elevated lines at the base.
These lines converging posteriorly to form a V-shaped

MUONS ol teiwhet a ateaterg ae Secret gaeta eds S5athoe B. socials.
These lines not converging, but distant and parallel .... B. pauailla,
Prothorax without any lines at the base..............008+ B. jejuna.

Phleodalis raucus. (PI. V. fig. 7.)

P. fuscus, opacus, scaber, setulosus ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis
alternis elevatis.
Hab, Ega.

Oblong-ovate, dull reddish brown, opake, whole surface rough with
coarse punctures and sparsely covered with minute setule ; head short,
semicircular, slightly convex; epistome transverse, very short, hiding
the lip; antennz reddish ferruginous ; prothorax transverse, bisinuate
in front, rounded and margined at the side, slightly lobed behind, the
disk flat, between it and the margin on each side an angular line, or,
including the angle formed by the disk, two angular lines; scutellum
punctiform ; elytra punctate-striate, the alternate interstices elevated,
the punctures forming large shallow squarish impressions, the setulz
arranged in rows; body beneath dull brown, coarsely punctured; legs
and palpi reddish ferruginous. Length 1} line,

The position which Erichson has assigned to Phleodalis, in con-
junction with the short description, leave no doubt on my mind
that I have correctly referred the above to this genus. It is closely
allied to Bitoma, and differs principally in the possession of antennary
grooves, as well as a depression beneath each anterior angle of the
prothorax for the reception of the club. I do not find, however,
that this antennary groove is straight (gerade) as Erichson states,
but, on the contrary, it is curved round the whole lower portion of

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the eye, so as completely to receive the antenna, except the club,
which, as just stated, is lodged in the adjoining portion of the pro-
pectus. The groove is remarkably well developed, more so indeed
than in any Colydian [have yetexamined. The form of the tibi is
for me not linear, but what I have called “ trigonate ” or “ subtrigo-
nate,” 7. €. more or less increasing in breadth from the proximal to
the distal extremity. It is very probable that Erichson’s species,
which he has neither named nor described, is different from this.

Distaphyla mammillaris.
Pascoe, huj. op. 1. p..104.—Ega?

Three new species, unknown to me when I described this genus*,
render it necessary to modify the diagnostic characters of the type,
which should now stand thus :—

D. subcylindrica, picea (vel rufo-picea) ; prothorace lobis profunde divisis,
spatio postico triangulari, minuto, opaco; antennis ferrugineis.

In the generic characters the prothorax was described as “ very
irregular anteriorly,” a phrase which was intended to include any
modification not at that time foreseen ; but in the four species now
before me it is so uniformly peculiar that, I think, a “ prothorax
bilobed anteriorly ” (possibly, in some species yet unknown, to be
united into a single lobe) should be adopted as the most distinctive
feature of the genus. Mr. Bates does not appear to have made any
notes of their habits. All the species are covered with small granu-
lations or tubercles, from each of which generally arises a short stiff
seta. The scutellum is very small, and just perceptible with a strong
lens. The fourth abdominal segment is much smaller than the pre-
ceding, and the first is not larger than the second. The posterior
coxee are scarcely approximate, and certainly are not contiguous.

A fourth species, from Mysol, will be described in a separate paper
devoted to Mr. Wallace’s Colydiide from the Indian Islands. Al-
though exceedingly like the above, it may be at once distinguished
by the sides of the prothorax being parallel.

Distaphyla Batesw.

D, subcylindrica, obscure picea; prothorace lobis leviter divisis, spatio
postico parum triangulari, tuberculato; antennis nigris.
Hab. Ega.
Subcylindrical, dull pitchy, covered with short stiff sete arising from
coarse tubercles ; head short, with a semicircular impressed line between

* Distaphyla is= Ogcodera of Dejean’s Catalogue.

84 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

the eyes; prothorax with its two lobes not deeply divided, and only
slightly separated behind from the rest of the prothorax, an irregular
smooth cavity on each side anteriorly ; elytra seriate-granulate, setose ;
body beneath and legs black, coarsely punctured, and with scattered stiff
hairs; antenne black. Length 3 lines.

Extremely like Distaphyla mammillaris, but with lobes less deeply
separated from the prothorax, and scarcely any trace of the triangular
space behind them, the sides of the prothorax anteriorly with a large
smooth excavation which does not exist in the former species, al-
though there is a sort of break in the much larger tubercles, accom-
panied with correspondingly deeper intervals between them, as if
Nature only just contemplated the step she afterwards takes.

Distaphyla speculifera.
D. subcylindrica, picea ; prothorace linea inter lobos et spatio triangulari
postico leevissimis, nitidis.
Hab, Ega.

Subcylindrical, pitchy, setosely tubercular; head with a deep trans-
verse hollow between the eyes ; prothorax with its lobes separated from
each other by a smooth shining line, which is also continued round to
their sides and behind them, and a large but rather narrowly triangular
very smooth and glossy space extending back to within a third of the
total length of the prothorax, beneath this on each side a large trian-
gular excavation nearly filled in with two irregular protuberances ;
elytra seriate-granulate, setose ; body beneath rugosely punctate, covered
with short stiff hairs; antennze dark brown. Length 3 lines,

The remarkable triangular space behind the prothoracic lobes,
smooth and glossy as a mirror, will at once distinguish this species.
The lateral impression, of a triangular form with the base anterior,
occupies nearly the whole length of the side, and is nearly filled in
by two irregular protuberances, the anterior largest and glossy, the
posterior opake.

Acropis aspera.
Pascoe, huj. op. 1. p. 106.—Kga.

TRenyTHA.

Caput exsertum, subquadratum, convexum. Antenne basi tectie, clava
triarticulata. Prothorax elongatus, subcylindricus, lateribus rectis sub-
marginatis. Hlytra parallela, costata, apice declivia. Zbve subtrigo-
natie, calcarate. Zarsi graciles, articulo basali subelongato. Corpus
subcylindricum.

My specimen being unique, I am unable, unfortunately, to say
anything of the trophi of this genus. It appears to be very closely

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allied to Colydiun, but to differ in its perfectly smooth prothorax ;
in habit it resembles Sosylus ewxilis.

Trenytha sosyloides. (Pl. V. fig. 4.)

I, elongata, castanea, nitida ; elytris modice carinatis, interstitiis biseriatim
punctatis.
Hab. Ega.

Elongate, narrow, reddish chestnut, shining; head slightly exserted,
subquadrate, a slightly impressed triangular mark in front; eyes large,
lateral, nearly round; antennz ferruginous, longer than the head, the
basal joint incrassate, concealed at its insertion, the second only a little
larger than the third, the remainder to the eighth gradually becoming
shorter, the last three forming a club, which is about one-third of the
total length of the antenna; prothorax elongate, subcylindrical, the
sides straight, slightly and gradually contracting towards the base,
truncate anteriorly, moderately punctured; scutellum rounded poste-
riorly ; elytra broader than the prothorax at the base, the sides parallel,
the posterior third sloping towards the apex, each with four (including
the sutural) slightly elevated but rather broad lines, which are irregu-
larly punctured, the interstices with two rows of punctures; legs pale
ferruginous; tibize subtrigonate, shortly spurred at the extremity; tarsi

_ slender, the basal joint a little longer than the succeeding one, claw-
joint shorter than the three basal joints together; body beneath dark
chestnut, rather remotely punctured; first segment of the abdomen
scarcely larger than the second, its interfemoral process very narrow,
dividing the posterior coxee. Length 13 line.

OcHOLISSA.

Caput retractum, subtriangulare, antice rotundatum, ocwlis prominulis.
Antenne 11-articulate, basi tects, clava triarticulata. Palpi crassi,
breves, labiales obtusi, mazrillares oblique truncati. Prothorax qua-
dratus, levis. Hlytra parallela, levia. Tibie subtrigonatee, breviter
calcarate. Tarsi graciles, articulis tribus primis brevibus. Corpus elon-
gato-ovatum, subdepressum.,

Nearly allied to Aulonium, from which it differs in the smooth
prothorax, slender, simple tibize, and shorter tarsi. Other species of
this genus have been detected by Mr. Wallace in New Guinea, and
are found also in Batchian, Mysol, Sula, dec.

Ocholissa leta. (Pl. V. fig. 1.)

O. castaneo-fusca, nitida; elytris tertia antica maculisque magnis duabus
apicalibus flavis; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.
Hab. Ega. ‘
Dark chestnut-brown, shining; head somewhat triangular, rounded
anteriorly, finely punctured ; eyes distant, prominent, close to the pro-

86 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

thorax ; antennze ferruginous, as long as the head, covered at their
insertion, the two basal joints short, thick, the last three forming a
loose, elongate club; palpi short, stout, the maxillary gradually thicken-
ing upwards, the terminal joint obliquely truncate, the labial much
smaller, obtuse ; mentum (?) broadly transverse, contracted posteriorly ;
labium small, fringed with long hairs; maxillary lobes short, with a
narrow border of cilia; mandibles entire at the apex, with three teeth
internally, which gradually diminish in size; prothorax quadrate,
sparingly punctured ; scutellum large, transverse; elytra not broader
than the prothorax, seriate-punctate, the anterior third reddish yellow,
a large spot of the same colour at the apex of each elytron externally ;
body beneath reddish yellow; legs ferruginous; tibize subtrigonate,
rather slender, slightly spurred; tarsi slender, the three basal joints,
however, shorter than the last. Length 1 line.

I am in some doubt as to the form of the labium ; it appears to be
as it is shown in the figure ; but the fringe of cilia has a bilobed out-
line: the mentum has more the form of the jugular plate.

Aulonium angustatum. (Pl. V. fig. 15.)

A, cylindricum, ferrugineum; fronte bituberculata; prothorace quadri-
sulcato, medio antice excavato.
Hab. San Paulo.

Narrowly cylindrical, ferruginous, very minutely punctured; head
rather narrow, with two oblong approximate tubercles in front; pro-
thorax not broader than the head, the sides parallel, with four longi-
tudinal impressed lines, the two central uniting anteriorly and termi-
nating in a broad and deep excavation ; scutellum transverse; elytra
very smooth, parallel, not broader than the prothorax ; body beneath
ferruginous ; legs nearly testaceous. Length 1} line.

Easily recognized on account of its narrow cylindrical form. In
the rest of the species of this genus collected by Mr. Bates, the body
is oblong or oblong-ovate, rather depressed, without any tubercles
on the head. The lateral margin is deeply grooved throughout, so
as to present, when viewed sideways, a double line, or two margins ;
and each of the elytra has eight lines of punctures, without in-
cluding a shorter one (often very imperfectly developed) by the side
of the scutellum. A. prepositum, A. egens, and A. subleve closely re-
semble each other in general appearance, and are allied to the species
known as A. bidentatum, Fab., but may readily be distinguished by
the characters given below. A. ignotum and A. hebes are very dis-
tinct species. A. oblitum approaches the smaller individuals of A.
subleve ; but the more quadrate prothorax, scarcely narrowed in front,
will, ¢nter alia, distinguish it.

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The following table will facilitate the recognition of the Amazons
species :—

Prothorax with four impressed lines.
Sides of the prothorax nearly parallel.
Prothorax anteriorly with two tubercles .......... al. oblitum.
Prothorax not tmberculate .i.5 ccc as ste oe ve A. ignotum.
Sides of the prothorax rounded and narrower anteriorly.
Body ovate.

Elytra with lines of fine punctures ............ A, subleve.
Elytra with lines of coarse punctures .......... A, prepositum.
Ody OMIONG rcs Be does ac Ao hdc ads lwe wes kaweesss A, hebes.
Prothorax with two impressed lines...... Bs sfaicaeres' a, dis A, egens.

Aulonium oblitum. (Pl. V. fig. 14.)

A, oblongum, castaneum, nitidum ; prothorace quadrisulcato, antice bitu-
berculato, lateribus subparallelis ; elytris modice seriatim punctatis.
Hab. Ega.

Oblong, dark chestnut, shining; head narrower than the prothorax,
finely punctured, an impressed curved line in front of each eye; pro-
thorax finely punctured, nearly quadrate, the sides subparallel or only
very slightly rounded, quadrisulcate, with two strongly marked tuber-

- cles anteriorly; scutellum transverse ; elytra minutely punctured, each
with eight rows of larger punctures; body beneath reddish chestnut,
with scattered punctures; legs and antenne ferruginous. Length 2 ,
lines.

Aulonium ignotum. (Pl. V. fig. 12.)

A, oblongum, ferrugineum, nitidum; prothorace quadrisulcato, haud tu-
berculato, lateribus subparallelis; elytris leviter seriatim punctatis.

Hab, Ega.

Narrowly oblong, ferruginous, slightly shining; head rather short,

scarcely narrower posteriorly than the prothorax, sparingly punctured,
a short impressed line in front of each eye ; prothorax with very minute
scattered punctures, quadrate, the sides nearly parallel, the disk with four
strongly marked grooves, but no tubercles ; scutellum transverse ; elytra
with eight finely punctured lines on each; body beneath ferruginous,
shining, finely punctured ; legs and antenne paler, Length 12 line.

Aulonium subleve. (Pl. V. fig. 11.)

A, oblongo-ovatum, castaneum, nitidum ; capitis fronte crebre punctata ;
prothorace lateribus subrotundatis, antice bituberculato ; elytris leviter
seriatim punctatis.

Hab. Ega.

Oblong-ovate, dark chestnut-brown, shining; head narrower than
the prothorax, rather finely punctured, a curved impressed line in front
of each eye; prothorax minutely punctured, subquadrate, narrower

88 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

anteriorly, the sides slightly rounded, quadrisulcate, with two oblong
prominent tubercles anteriorly; scutellum transversely subcordate ;
elytra reddish chestnut, very minutely punctured, with eight rows of
coarser but also minute punctures on each ; body beneath reddish chest-
nut, shining, finely punctured; legs and antenne ferruginous. Length
22 lines.

Aulonium prepositum. (Pl. V. fig. 10.)

A, oblongo-ovatum, castaneum, nitidum ; prothorace quadrisulcato, sulcis
duobus mediis punctato-impressis, antice subbituberculato, lateribus
rotundatis; elytris fortiter seriatim punctatis.

Hab. Ega.

Oblong-ovate, reddish chestnut, shining, the head and prothorax
darker; head small, much narrower than the prothorax, strongly punc-
tured between the eyes, a very slight impressed line in front of each ;
prothorax almost impunctate, rather broader than long, much narrower
anteriorly, the sides rounded, quadrisulcate, with two small but distinct
tubercles in front; scutellum transverse, rounded behind; elytra with
eight rows of coarse punctures on each, otherwise impunctate; body
beneath reddish ferruginous, with small scattered punctures; legs bright
ferruginous; antennze ferruginous. Length 3 lines.

I have a variety of this species with the tubercles on the prothorax
less strongly marked, and fewer punctures between the eyes.

Aulonium hebes. (Pl. V. fig. 13.)

A, oblongum, rufo-castaneum, nitidum ; prothorace quadrisulcato, antice
vix tuberculato, lateribus subrotundatis ; elytris fortiter seriatim punc-
tatis.

Hab, Ega.

Rather narrowly oblong, reddish chestnut, shining; head narrower
than the prothorax, coarsely punctured on the vertex, an impressed
line between the.eyes, and another curved line in front of each; pro-
thorax nearly impunctate, rather broader than long, narrower anteriorly,
the sides rounded, quadrisulcate, the two middle sulci formed by déep,
coarse punctures more or less interrupted, tubercles nearly obsolete ;
scutellum transverse, rounded behind ; elytra with eight rows of coarse
oblong punctures; body beneath pale ferruginous, shining, with small
scattered punctures; legs and ant@ine pale ferruginous. Length 2 lines.

Aulonium egens. (PI. V. fig. 9.)

A, oblongo-ovatum, castaneum, nitidum; prothorace bisulcato (sulcis
mediis obsoletis), lateribus rotundatis, antice tuberculis duobus di-
stinctis; elytris leviter seriatim punctatis.

Hab, San Paulo.

Oblong-ovate, dark chestnut, shining; head much narrower than the
prothorax, finely punctured, the punctures coarse and crowded on the

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vertex, a curved impression inside and in front of each eye; prothorax
minutely and sparsely punctured, about equal in length and breadth,
narrowed anteriorly, the sides rounded, bisulcate, no trace of the two
middle sulci, the anterior tubercles very small, but distinct; scutellum
transverse, rounded behind; elytra very minutely punctured, with
eight lines of very fine punctures on each; body beneath dark chestnut,
finely punctured ; legs and antenne pale ferruginous. Length 3 lines.

Anarmostes laticollis.

A. modice elongatus, piceo-fuscus; prothorace subquadrato; elytris 5-
costatis, interstitiis biseriatim punctatis.
Hab. Ega.

Moderately elongate, dark pitchy brown; head coarsely punctured ;
prothorax a little longer than broad, subquadrate, and very slightly
contracted at the base, the disk with four costs, the outermost abbre-
viated, the intervals with large shallow punctures; scutellum not
hollowed out; elytra parallel, each with five well-marked costz, the
intervals with a double row of large irregular punctures ; body beneath
dark brown, the pectus granulated, the abdominal segments with nu-
merous very delicate longitudinal but more or less interrupted lines ;
legs pitchy brown, roughly punctured; tarsi and antenne ferruginous.
Length 4 lines.

Resembling Anarmostes sculptilis from Rio; but a much shorter
prothorax, scarcely contracted at the base, no appearance of granu-
lations in the intervals of the costz on the elytra, and the scutellum
free from the deep central impression of that species will serve, among
other characters, to distinguish it. In proposing the genus Anarmostes
(huj. op. vol. i. p. 110), I spoke of it as being allied to Sosylus; the
posterior coxe, however, although not contiguous, are sufficiently
approximate to bring it into the series of those genera which group
themselves around Colydium.

Anarmostes bicolor.

A, angustior, fuscus; prothorace subelongato, basi angustiore; elytris
rufo-castaneis, 5-costatis, interstitiis biseriatim punctatis.

Hab. Ega. .

Narrower than the last, the prothorax longer and more contracted

at the base, dark brown in colour, while the elytra and legs are of a
chestnut-red; the abdomen, dark brown beneath, has the longitudinal
lines coarser and more marked. In Anarmostes sculptilis the prothorax is
still longer and more contracted at the base, while it is also broader in
front, and the elytra are proportionally longer than in either of the two
other species. Length 4 lines.

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90 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

PHREATUS.

Caput exsertum, subquadratum, fronte impressa. Oculi majusculi, pro-
minuli. Antenne crassx, basi tectee, clava vix conspicua, biarticulata.
Prothorazx elongatus, parallelus, disco lineis duabus impressis, lateribus
submarginatis. Elytra subdepressa, oblonga. TZibie trigonatee, antice
breviter calcarate. Zursi breves, incrassati. Corpus angustulum, sub-
depressum.

The short tarsi, combined with the biarticulate and but slightly
marked club of the antennz, will at once distinguish this from any
other genus of its subfamily. In other respects, its long prothorax,
which is not much shorter than the elytra, with its two longitudinally
impressed lines, are peculiarly characteristic.

Phreatus rigidus. (PI. V. fig. 3.)

P. piceus, nitidus; elytris striatis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctatis, basi
triangulariter elevatis.
Hab. Ega?

Pitchy, shining; head subquadrate, a longitudinal impressed line on
each side, connected in the middle by a transverse one; eyes black,
oblong, prominent; antenns robust, the basal joint covered at its
insertion, slightly incrassate, the last two joints forming a narrow, ovate
club; prothorax elongate, truncate in front, the sides nearly parallel,
narrowly margined, the disk with two strongly impressed longitudinal
lines, and at about two-thirds of its length posteriorly a large deep
fovea on each side near the margin; scutellum punctiform; elytra
slightly depressed, subparallel, a triangular raised space at the base,
behind which on each elytron are two strongly marked, nearly impunc-
tate striz, the interstices (three) with a single irregular line of punc-
tures, towards the side two or three other lines; legs robust, femora
clavate; tibise trigonate, the anterior with a single spur, the posterior
lobed internally at its extremity; tarsi short, terete. Length 1 line.

ConrorH®A.

Caput insertum, subquadratum, lateribus reflexis. Antenne basi tecte,
clava biarticulata, sulcis antennariis brevibus. MZentum transversum,
antice angustatum, ciliatum. .Prothorax subquadratus, disco irregu-
lariter costato, lateribus marginatis. Elytra carinata. Tibie breves,
subtrigonate, mutice. Twrsi articulis primis brevibus. Corpus ovatum,
depressum.

Coniophea is a very distinct genus, but which, except for its
antennary grooves and the large basal segment of the abdomen,
would approximate to Bitoma. In Erichson’s arrangement it will
stand near Eulachus, which has no antennary grooves, the coste of
the prothorax simply longitudinal, and the body subcylindrical. In

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a type specimen of Hulachus costatus which I have received from Dr.
Schaum, I find all the abdominal segments to the fourth inclusive
gradually diminishing in size, the first being very little larger than
the second. In this respect, and in the relative position of the
posterior cox, we find gradations that often render the application
of these characters very uncertain. The structure of the mentum is
somewhat peculiar: it is shortly transverse, narrowing considerably
anteriorly, its two sides fringed with long hairs, and strengthened
on its external surface by a curved, strongly elevated line which
leaves a very decided hollow behind it.

Coniophea exarata. (Pl. V. fig. 8.)

C. dense griseo tomentosa; elytris fortiter costatis, interstitiis profunde
sulcato-punctatis.
Hab. Ega.

Slightly oblong-ovate, covered with a short, very dense, greyish
tomentum ; head subquadrate, deeply inserted in the prothorax, con-
cave in front, the sides reflected; eyes lateral, oblong; antennz short,
robust, the two basal joints incrassated, the last two forming a short
compressed club, the seven intermediate slightly transverse; mentum
transverse, narrowed and ciliated in front; labium large, slightly trans-

‘yerse and somewhat rounded anteriorly ; labial palpi slender, the ter-
minal joint ovate-elongate; maxillary lobes narrow, especially the
inner; maxillary palpi robust, the terminal joint ovate, obtuse; pro-
thorax subquadrate, bisinuate anteriorly, the central part forming a
short rounded lobe, advancing on the head, the sides nearly straight,
narrowly margined, posteriorly closely connected to the elytra, the disk
with two sinuous elevated lines on each side, the outermost incurved
anteriorly, centre of the disk with a slightly impressed longitudinal
line ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra a little broader than the prothorax,
each with five strongly elevated lines, including the one at the suture,
the interstices with a deeply impressed zigzag line; legs ferruginous,
shining ; tibie short, subtrigonate, unarmed; tarsi with the three basal
joints shorter than the claw-joint; body beneath dark brown, rugosely
punctured, the abdominal segments with a row of longitudinal elevated
lines at the base. Length 1} line.

ENDESTES.

Caput paulo exsertum, subquadratum, lateribus reflexis. Ocul’ magni,
transversim ovati. Antenne basi tectee, 11-articulate, sensim incras-
sate. Prothorax elongatus, postice contractus, antice truncatus, medio
bicarinatus, lateribus infra excavatis. Elytra elongata, subcylindrica, ,
carinata. Pedes robusti; tibie subtrigonate, vix calcarate ; tarsi arti-
culis tribus primis brevibus. Corpus elongatum, cylindricum.
Mecedanwm, shortly characterized by Erichson, appears to be re-

H 2

92 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

lated to this genus, but differs from it in the length of the basal joint
of the tarsi. The parts of the mouth, which I had taken out of one
of my two specimens, have been unfortunately mislaid, but I do not
think that they presented anything peculiar.

Endestes incilis.. (Pl. V. fig. 2.)

£. subnitida ; capite prothoraceque fuscis ; elytris castaneis ; antennis pedi-
busque ferrugineis.
Hab. Ega?

Slightly nitid, dark brown, the elytra chestnut-brown; head slightly
exserted, subquadrate, rounded anteriorly, the sides considerably re-
flexed, especially above the eyes, and there terminating abruptly, the
front scarcely concave, closely and coarsely punctured; antenne ferru-
ginous, hidden at the base, longer than the head, the two basal joints
scarcely thicker than the third, the remaining joints becoming gradually
transverse and enlarging to the eleventh, which is compressed and
shortly ovate; mandibles entire at the apex; eyes large, rugose, trans-
versely ovate; prothorax elongate, subcylindrical, gradually narrowing
posteriorly, a shallow longitudinal groove in the middle, bounded on
each side by a broad ill-defined carina and covered with large irregu-
larly crowded punctures, slightly margined laterally, the margin poste-
riorly curving over the broadly excavated sides; scutellum small,
pointed behind ; elytra parallel, two of the carine on each more pro-
minent than the rest, especially towards the apex, where they curve
outwardly, the interstices with a double row of large, coarse punctures,
giving the intervals a granulated appearance ; body beneath dark brown,
shining, rather closely punctured ; legs stout, ferruginous; tibiz subtri-
gonate, scarcely spurred ; tarsi with the three basal joints scarcely as long
as the fourth. Length 23 lines.

Nematidium mustela.
Pascoe, ante, p. 34.

The type specimen of this species is from Rio, and in the collection
of Alexander Fry, Esq. Two smaller specimens, which appear to
me to be identical, are also in that gentleman’s possession, and are
labelled “Amazons, Bates.” I owe my example to my friend
Edward Sheppard, Esq., from whom I received it without a locality ;
but it is also no doubt from the Amazons.

Nematidium filiforme.

N. ferrugineum; capite antice valde convexo; elytris leviter striato-
punctatis.
Hab, Ega.

Linear, elongate, ferruginous ; head finely punctured, very convex in

of the Amazons Valley. 93

front, the eyes rather large, black ; prothorax less than half the length
of the elytra, finely punctured, the sides incurved; scutellum small,
triangular ; elytra striate-punctate, the punctures rather minute, the
interspaces slightly punctured; body beneath finely punctured; legs
pale ferruginous. Length 1} line.

A still more slender form than Nematidium mustela, the head
shorter and very convex, the elytra longer in proportion to the pro-
thorax, and the scutellum triangular and more depressed.

Bothrideres latus.
Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 109.

This species in size and outline resembles the Australian Bothri-
deres illusus ; but the prothorax with its deeply impressed discal line,
including a bilobed or transversely cordate space, and tricostate on
each side, will distinguish it from all other described species. Indeed,
the last character renders it doubtful whether it ought not to form
a distinct genus. The only specimens I have seen were taken at
Santarem, under bark.

Bothrideres succineus.
Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 108.

Another well-marked species, and at once distinguished from all
other Colydians by the presence of two pellucid amber-coloured
tubercles on the centre of each elytron. It should probably also
constitute a new genus. I omitted to mention the tibie in my
description ; they are robust, strongly toothed along the external
edge, and the anterior decidedly trigonate, with a strong curved
spine at each of the two distal angles. It occurs at Rio as well as
at Ega.

Sosylus sulcatus.
Pascoe, huj. op. 1. p. 109.

This species is at once separated from the rest of the genus known
to me by a delicate median line on the prothorax, terminating be-
tween two shorter impressed lines at the base. A slight approach
to this structure is seen in a small and shallow impression in Sosylus
terebrans, in two short but almost obsolete lines in Sosylus dupl-
catus, and an almost obliterated semilunar mark in Sosylus castaneus
and S. exilis, Another species, from Rio, has the front of the head
divided vertically by a groove, gradually increasing in breadth, so as
to give the clypeus a somewhat bilobed appearance. I have named

94 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

it Sosylus Squirei*, after the ardent collector who discovered it, and
who, unfortunately for science, has since fallen a victim to yellow
fever. All the species have the prothorax impressed with shallow
oblong punctures, differing, however, in size ; and the elytra, which
have four carinz on each, are deeply fluted posteriorly, less so at the
base, the sculpture of the interstices varying. According to Mr.
Bates’s notes they “ drill into the solid wood of Inga trees,’ and run
“very nimbly over the trunks of dead trees.” The larvae are wood-
eaters,
The species described below may be tabulated thus :—

smooth, or with a few almost obsolete punctures .... S. exutus.
| a double row of punc-

with punctures crowded at EUROS A) ich thesia oaate S. duplicatus.
the base, afterwards with. . | @ single row of punc-
Wn GORERY sje es stes ceets S. cursorius.

with shallow punctiform impressions resembling lines . S. terebrans.
with three well-defined tenes coarsely punc-

continuous impressed

[Wiha eae ety ee Geis ee pastes finely punctured S. exzlis.
with two well-defined impressed lines and a middle

Interrupted one ...5..4%....- hive © Matis amphi ioe: of aratete S. crassus.

Elytra, between the carine,

Sosylus exutus.

S. piceo-fuscus, nitidus; prothorace antice latiore, leviter punctato; elytris
fortiter carinatis, interstitiis leevibus.
Hab. Figa?

Dark pitchy brown, shining ; head rather narrower than the prothorax,
finely punctured, short and convex in front, the clypeus rounded and
hiding the lip; prothorax subelongate, broadest anteriorly, finely punc-
tured; scutellum small, elongate; elytra with broad, stout carinz, the
interstices nearly smooth or with a few almost obsolete punctures ;
body beneath dark brown, shining, sparsely punctured, the punctures on
the abdomen larger; legs and antennee ferruginous. Length 23 lines.

I have asingle and not very perfect specimen of this species, which
I received from W. W. Saunders, Esq. It is somewhat more massive
than the others, except Sosylus crassus.

* Sosylus Squirei. S. niger, subnitidus; capitis fronte sulcata; prothorace
ovato, leviter punctato; elytris interstitiis lineatis minutis longitudinalibus
impressis.

Hab. Rio.

In addition to the sulcated front, this species is distinguished by the depres-
sion of the carine at the base of the elytra, and by the interstices, which are
marked by numerous short and very minute longitudinal lines, giving them
a roughish and somewhat opake appearance. Length 2 lines.

of the Amazons Valley. 95

Sosylus duplicatus.

S. rufo-fuscus vel fuscus, vix nitidus ; prothorace subelongato, ovato, crebre
punctato, basi lineis duabus leviter impressis; elytris modice carinatis,
interstitiis basi crebre, postea biseriatim punctatis.

Hab. Ega.

Dark brown or reddish brown, scarcely shining; head nearly as wide
as the prothorax, finely punctured, rather broad and convex in front,
the clypeus nearly truncate, hiding the lip; prothorax elongate-ovate,
the anterior two-thirds rounded at the sides, finely punctured, the base
with two nearly obsolete: impressed lines; scutellum oblong-ovate ;
elytra with the caring not nearly so broad as the interstices, the punc-
tures crowded at the base, afterwards in two rows; body beneath red-
dish brown ; legs and antenne reddish ferruginous. Length 2 lines.

Sosylus cursorius.

S. fuscus, subnitidus; prothorace antice latiore, fortiter punctato; elytris
late carinatis, interstitiis basi dense, postea uniseriatim punctatis.
Hab. Ega.

Dark brown, subnitid ; head slightly narrower than the prothorax,
rather strongly punctured, convex in front, the clypeus somewhat con-
tracted, truncate, not hiding the lip; prothorax subelongate, broadest
anteriorly, coarsely punctured; scutellum subtriangular, rounded be-

hind; elytra with the carine nearly as broad as the interstices, the
latter with three and two rows of punctures at the base (about } the
length of the elytra), diminishing to a single row for the rest; body
beneath subnitid, sparsely covered with fine linear punctures; leg s dar
ferruginous ; antennee bright ferruginous, Length 2 lines.

Sosylus castaneus.
S. rufo-castaneus, vix nitidus; prothorace antice latiore, fortiter punctato ;
elytris interstitiis trilineato-impressis.
Hab. Ega.

Narrow, subcylindrical, reddish chestnut, scarcely shining; head as
broad as the prothorax, sparingly punctured, convex in front, the clypeus
rounded; prothorax elongate, broadest anteriorly, rather coarsely punc-
tured, an almost obsolete semilunar impression at the base; scutellum
oblong; elytra with narrow carine, the interstices with three well-
defined impressed lines; body beneath reddish chestnut, with scattered,
short, oblong impressed lines, closer and coarser on the abdomen; legs
reddish ferruginous; antennz brown; palpi yellowish ferruginous; eyes
black. Length 2 lines,

Sosylus terebrans.

S. ferrugineus, subnitidus; prothorace ovato, leviter punctato, basi im-

presso; elytris modice carinatis, interstitiis sublineatis vel punctato-
lineatis.

Hab. Ega.

96 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

Ferruginous, darker posteriorly, subnitid ; head about as broad as the
prothorax, finely punctured, convex in front, the clypeus not hiding the
lip; prothorax elongate, the anterior half rounded at the sides, finely
punctured, the base with a small, shallow, squarish impression; scu-
tellum elongate; elytra with rather narrow carine, the interstices with
punctiform impressions, having the appearance of short interrupted lines
in the intervals; body beneath ferruginous, with small, rather sparse
punctures ; antenne and legs ferruginous. Length 1# line.

Sosylus exilis.

S. angustior, rufo-castaneus, vix nitidus; prothorace antice latiore, leviter
punctato; elytiis interstitiis trilineato-impressis.
Hab, Ega.

Narrower than the last, subcylindrical, reddish chestnut, coarsely
shining ; head as broad as the prothorax, convex and rather short in
front, finely and closely punctured ; prothorax elongate, broadest ante-
riorly, finely punctured, with a nearly obsolete semilunar impression at
the base; scutellum elongate-triangular; elytra with narrow carine,
the interstices with three impressed lines; body beneath chestnut-red,
with oblong, rather distant punctures; legs reddish chestnut ; tarsi of
the intermediate pair twice as long as its corresponding tibiz ; antennee
reddish chestnut; eyes black. Length 1} line.

The smallest and, proportionally, much the narrowest of the genus.

Sosylus crassus.

S. fuscus, nitidus; prothorace breviter ovato, parce punctato ; elytris for-
titer carinatis, interstitiis lineis tribus impressis, media interrupta.
Hab, San Paulo.

Shortly subcylindrical, dark chestnut-brown, shining; head sparingly
punctured, convex in front, the edges slightly rising above the eyes and
terminating in a broadly emarginate clypeus, beneath which the lip is
inserted ; prothorax shortly ovate, sparingly punctured, especially in
front, an irregular transverse cleft close to the base, the sides narrowly
margined; scutellum oblong-ovate; elytra strongly keeled, the inter-
stices with three well-defined impressed lines, the middle one inter-
rupted at short intervals ; body beneath chestnut-brown, shining, finely
and sparingly punctured, the punctures on the last four abdominal seg-
ments coarser and closer; legs and antenne pitchy brown; palpi ferru-
ginous. Length 4 lines.

The largest species of the genus, and differing in its shorter and
broader prothorax from the other members of it. The head is con-
cave in front like Metopiestes* ; and taking all the species of both
genera into consideration, | am unable to detect any characters by

* T have now three species of this genus, two of which are undescribed.

of the Amazons Valley. 97

which they can be certainly distinguished; nevertheless the shorter and
more turgid prothorax of Metopiestes gives it quite a different generic
habit, although the force of this is much weakened by the species just
described. The form of the front and of the clypeus, the position of
the lip, the depth and extent of the antennary canal and its influence
in modifying the outline of the eye, and the relative sizes of the two
club-joints seem to afford only specific characters. Both genera are
nearly allied to Petalophora, Westw., which, but for its club and
prothorax, would be quite as difficult to diagnose; and these pecu-
liarities might at any time lose their importance by the discovery of
other species.

MInTHEA.

Caput retractum, triangulare ; ocwlis prominulis. Antenne subelongatee,
liberee, 11-articulate, clava magna, biarticulata. Prothorax subqua-
dratus, antice rotundatus. Elytra parallela. Tibia subtrigonate, cal-
caratee ; tarsis brevibus. Corpus breviter cylindricum. (Coxe post.
subremote. 4d. segm. primo majore.)

These characters are drawn up from two species which resemble
each other so closely as for the moment to be scarcely distinguish-
able; one of these is from Ega, the other from New Guinea. Besides
the unusual length of the antenne, for this family, and the form of
the club, which is remarkable for its size, especially of the last joint,
the mentum is broadly transverse and rounded anteriorly, and the
lip is very small and apparently triangular; but this is probably
owing to the accidental adhesion of longly ciliated paraglosse as
in Aperstus. In Erichson’s arrangement, this genus, owing to the
position of the coxe, and the large basal abdominal segment, would
be placed with Bothrideres and Sosylus; in habit it bears a certain
general resemblance to some Bostrichide, especially to Tomicus.

Minthea squamigera. (Pl. V. fig. 6.)

M. brunnea; prothorace convexo, squamoso; elytris’ squamoso-lineatis ;
antennarum articulo ultimo elongato.
Hab. Ega.

Reddish brown; head rather broadly triangular, with erect scattered
scales in front ; eyes large, prominent, close to the prothorax ; antennse
reaching to the base of the prothorax, free at their insertion, the two
basal joints a little incrassated, the third and fourth gradually shorter,
the rest to the ninth transverse, the tenth and eleventh forming an
elongate club, the eleventh especially produced; palpi somewhat fusi-
form, pointed ; maxillary lobes with long cilia, the inner broader and
shorter; mentum nearly semicircular, labium minute, paraglosse (?)
ciliated; prothorax a little broader than the head, subquadrate, con-

98 Colydiide of the Amazons Valley.

vex, rounded anteriorly and posteriorly, covered with erect, scattered,
ereyish scales; scutellum small, round; elytra scarcely broader than
the prothorax, parallel, rounded at the apex, each with six lines of
closely placed semierect greyish scales; body beneath reddish chestnut,
scarcely punctured, the abdomen with a few short elevated longitudinal
lines; legs short, reddish chestnut; tibiee short, subtrigonate; tarsi
nearly as long as the tibize, the last joint longer than the others toge-
ther. Length 1 line.

Discoloma orbicularis.

D. rotundata, convexa, picea; elytris punctulatis, punctis majoribus in-
termixtis, humero calloso.
Hab. Ega.

Nearly orbicular, convex, pitchy brown, with a very fine but some-
what sparse pubescence ; head very small; antennze about twice as
long as the head; prothorax minutely punctured, very transverse, the
dilated borders on each side forming two-thirds of its breadth at the
base; scutellum triangular; elytra as broad as long, very minutely
punctured, with larger punctures interspersed on the disk, near each
shoulder a small callosity, the dilated margins subdiaphanous, irregu-
larly waved at their junction with the disk anteriorly, with five or six
raised lines on each side, between which the margin is finely plaited ;
body beneath pale brown, finely punctured ; the legs nearly testaceous.
Length 13 line.

At once distinguished by its greater size, its orbicular outline, and
its greater convexity of surface.

Discoloma paulla.

D. ovata, depressa, obscure testacea; elytris fere impunctatis, limbo di-
stincto, humero calloso.
Hab. Ega.

Shortly ovate, depressed, dull testaceous, almost obsoletely punctured,
and very finely pubescent; head small; eyes dark brown; prothorax
with its dilated borders on each side at the base passing gradually into
the disk; scutellum small, triangular; elytra longer than broad, the
dilated margins opake, very distinct, not waved nor plaited, their
edges with three or four raised points on each side, the shoulder with a
small callosity ; body beneath and legs dark testaceous. Length # line.

The narrowest of the five* species known to me, and very distinct,
as a comparison of the descriptions will show.

* One of these, Discoloma Fryi, is described in the first volume of this work
(p. 115). Another I have received from M. Deyrolle, under the name of “ Thy-
reosoma Mexicanum, Chevy.” It is a broadly ovate, subdepressed insect, with a
dark-brown prothorax, the dilated margins of the elytra less distinctly separated

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 99

Cerylon humile.

C. oblongum, rufo-ferrugineum, nitidum; prothorace transverso, fortiter
punctato, lateribus subrotundatis; elytris subparallelis, seriatim punc-
tatis.

Hab, Ega?

Much smaller than Cerylon angustatum, Er.; the prothorax transverse,
with its sides slightly rounded, without any impressions at the base,
and the elytra nearly parallel, and seriate-punctate rather than punc-
tate-striate. Length 2 line.

Of several species of Cerylon now before me, all very closely con-
nected, this, I think, approaches most to the European Cerylon an-
gustatum, Er., from which it differs principally in the characters of
its prothorax and elytra as given above.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE V.

Fig. 1. Ocholissa leta. Fig. 9. Aulonium egens (pro-
» 2. Endestes incilis. thorax).
» 93 Phreatus rigidus. “re OE prepositum (id.).
» 4. LIrenytha sosyloides. Foe subleve (id.).
» 0. Zanclea testudinea. pele: ignotum (id.).
3 6. Minthea squamagera. yy lo: hebes (id.).
» 7. Phleodalis raucus. ye oblitum (id.).
» 8. Coniophea exarata. Sy ue Ds angustatum (id. ).

IX.—On the Canarian Longicorns.
By T. Vernon Wottaston, M.A., F.LS.

Or the sixteen Longicorns enumerated below, only nine, I imagine,
can be regarded as certainly indigenous to the Canarian archipelago,
—the remaining seven having, in all probability, either become na-
turalized, or else accidentally introduced from other countries. How-
ever, of the two Clyti and the Hesperophanes roridus, which I have
included amongst the seven doubtful species (and which were re-
corded originally from the scanty material amassed by MM. Webb
and Berthelot), I am unable to speak with any precision, since they

from the disk, and the humeral callosity not very apparent. It is also more opake,

and covered with a sparse woolly pubescence. I add the diagnoses of this and

the typical species, named but not described by Erichson.

Discoloma vestita. Ovata, depressa, testaceo-brunnea, obscure griseo-pubescens ;
elytris impunctatis, humero vix calloso.

Hab. Mexico.

Discoloma parmula (Er.). Ovata, depressa, flavo-brunnea, nitida ;*elytris sparse
punctatis, limbo distincto, humero calloso.

Hab. Cuba.

Size and form of Discoloma paulla, but darker and nitid, with the elytra

rather coarsely punctured.

100 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

have altogether escaped the observations both of myself and other
recent collectors in those islands. Nevertheless, since one of these
three (the C. Webbii) was considered even by M. Brullé to be iden-
tical with the C. 4-punctatus, Fab., I think it is more than possible
that the specimen (or specimens) on which their admission into the
fauna respectively rests was a mere chance importation, picked up by
Mr. Webb in or near some one of the towns. At the same time I
must confess that, until the ancient Pinals of a high elevation have
been accurately examined, I would not wish to treat this (however
probable) as more than a conjecture, inasmuch as I cannot but feel
a suspicion that they may perhaps (all or in part) have been pro-
cured from the old pine-forests, whence, at any rate, a few of Mr.
Webb’s insects unquestionably came. Be this, however, as it may,
I think certainly that the chances are in favour of their having been
accidentally introduced (possibly with foreign timber); and therefore
I consider it safer for the present to place them amongst the forms
whose claims to be truly indigenous, to say the least, require corro-
borating.

Whether the Clyti, however, and the Hesperophanes roridus be
naturalized or not, I believe that the other four species (namely, the
Hylotrupes bajulus, Criocephalus rusticus, Hesperophanes senex, and
the Gracilia pygmea) most decidedly are so; and I am equally
satisfied that the remaining nine included in this paper are strictly
and emphatically indigenous—their modus vivendi, and other local
considerations, rendering this to my mind quite unequivocal. So
that, when we take into account the excessive scarcity of the Longi-
corns in the various Atlantic Islands (only three out of the eleven
species of the Madeiran group being positively endemic), it will be
admitted that nine for the Canaries is a larger number than would
have been @ priori anticipated.

In the following pages I have marked those species with an
asterisk which I imagine to be essentially, and without doubt, truly
indigenous.

Fam. Cerambycide.

Genus Hytorrurss.
Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 77 (1834).

1. Hylotrupes bajulus.
Cerambyx bajulus, Linn., Fna Suec. 489 (1746).
Callidium bajulus, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62 (1838).
Hylotrupes bajulus, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 125 (1857).
Habitat Teneriffam, in urbe ipsa Sanctz Crucis haud infrequens; certe
introductus.

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 101

The common European H. bajulus, which has been imported like-
wise into Madeira, I have taken occasionally in Teneriffe, principally
in the streets of S** Cruz, where it is undoubtedly a mere introduc-
tion from more northern latitudes. Teneriffan examples have also
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

Genus BLaBInorus.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 425 (1854).

Although very nearly allied to Oxypleuwrus of Mulsant, for a type
of which (the O. Nodier?) I am indebted to Mr. Pascoe, I believe
that the present genus is truly distinct from it. In their cylindrical
bodies and laterally-spinose prothoraces, as well as in their colour,
sculpture, and clothing, the two genera are almost identical. Never-
theless, whilst Oxypleurus has the eyes enormous (extending over a
large portion of the head, both above and below), very deeply exca-
vated internally and by no means prominent, the head convex, and
the antenne widely separated at their base, Blabinotus, on the con-
trary, has the eyes comparatively small, and consequently remote
from the antenne, hardly at all scooped-out, and excessively pro-
minent, the head more uneven, and the antennz more approximated
at their base. In Oxypleurus, likewise, the prothorax is short, sub-
sinuate and drawn-in (or truncated) at its anterior edge, and (with
the exception of the lateral spine) is rounded, even, and convex,
and the antenne have their third joint perceptibly shorter than the
fourth ; whereas in Blabinotus the prothorax is more elongate, ele-
vated (and, if anything, somewhat produced) in the centre anteriorly,
binodose on its disk and extremely uneven, and the third antennal
articulation is a trifle longer than the fourth. With external differ-
ences such as these, I think it is more than probable that an accurate
comparison of the oral organs of the two groups would tend still
further to remove them from each other. I believe, however, it will
be found, on a closer examination, that, whilst Blabinotus, as repre-
sented by the B. spinicolls, is undoubtedly distinct from Oxvypleurus,
the insect which I described (Cat. Mad. Col. 126, 1857) as the B.
Bewickit is probably a member of the latter.

Although I am not aware under what circumstances the Oxypleurt
are usually to be met with in southern Europe, it is at least inter-
esting to remark that, so far as I have myself observed, the habits
of the two genera are distinct,—Owypleurus (as represented by the
Bewickii at Madeira and the pinicola at the Canaries) being confined
to the pine-trees, whilst Blabinotus (also existing in both groups) is
no less exclusively attached to the various laurels.

102 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

2. *Blabinotus spinicolls.
Blabinotus spinicollis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 426, tab. 9. f. 1 (1854).
, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 126 (1857).

Habitat in lauretis parum excelsis Teneriffe et Palme, rarissimus.

This insect, which occurs sparingly (but generally) throughout the
laurel-regions of Madeira, is of the greatest rarity at the Canaries,
where, in like manner, it appears to be confined to the laurel-woods.
I took a single example of it high up in the Barranco de Galga, in
the island of Palma, at the end of May 1858; and another at the
end of June of the same year, in a similar position, at Las Mercedes,
in Teneriffe, from beneath the dead, loosened bark of an old tree.
The latter of these, however, I afterwards lost.

Genus OxyPLEURUS.
Mulsant, Longic. de France, 57 (1840).

After what has just been stated concerning the distinctive cha-
racters of Blabinotus and Oxypleurus, in the respective construction
of their eyes, prothorax, and antennee, it will be unnecessary to add
more here than that the insect enunciated below is a most typical
exponent of the latter.

3. *Oxypleurus pincola, n. sp.

O. cylindricus, rufo-brunneus, pube fulvescenti-cinerea demissa parce
vestitus; capite convexo, quali, profunde punctato; prothorace con-
vexo, subzequali, paulo profundius punctato, utrinque in spinam brevem
robustam subanguliformem mediam producto et pone hance angustato
oblique recto; elytris profunde punctatis, punctis postice minoribus.

Long. corp. lin. 6.

Habitat Palmam, tempore vernali a.p. 1858 exemplar unicum (mortuum)
in cono quodam Pini canariensis desiccato in montibus supra Sanctam
Crucem inveni.

The single example described above was taken (dead) by myself
in the island of Palma during the spring of 1858, from out of a dried
cone of a Pinus canariensis, high up in the Barranco above S* Cruz.
It is probably therefore peculiar to the Pinals, and may be expected
to occur generally (though perhaps rarely) throughout the central
and western portions of the archipelago. Judging from the type of
the O. Nodiert (from southern Europe) now in my possession, which
has been kindly lent me by Mr. Pascoe, the present species is most
closely akin to that insect. It is, however, a little less pubescent ;
its prothorax is altogether a trifle narrower, somewhat more attenu-
ated behind (where the sides are rather straighter, though very

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 103

oblique), and with the lateral spine shorter and more anguliform ;
and its elytra are almost free from the small, punctiform, subglabrous
spaces which are tolerably evident (and which have a good deal the
appearance, primd facie, of tubercles) in its ally.

I have no type at present of the Madeiran O. Bewwkw to compare
it with, but I feel pretty sure that the Canarian Owypleurus is not
absolutely conspecific with that insect; though at the same time I
am tolerably certain, even from recollection, that it is quite as nearly
related to it as it is to the O. Nodzert.

Genus CriIocEPHALUS.
Mulsant, Longic. de France, 63 (1840).

4. Criocephalus rusticus.
Cerambyz rusticus, Linn., Fna Suec. 492 (1746).
Callidium rusticum, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62 (1858).
Criocephalus rusticus, Muls., Longic. de France, 63 (1840),
, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col, 124 (1857).

Habitat in intermediis Teneriffe et Palme, rarissimus.

This European insect has decidedly less the appearance, at the
Canaries, of having been naturalized than the Hylotrupes bajulus ;
nevertheless I am doubtful whether it can be regarded as truly
indigenous. It seems to be extremely rare, and to occur at inter-
mediate altitudes,—perhaps, however, more abundantly in the old
Pinals, though in such situations I do not happen hitherto to have
observed it. Indeed Palma is the only one of the seven islands in
which I have myself met with it, where, at the beginning of June
1858, I obtained two or three specimens during my sojourn, in com-
pany with the Rey. R. T. Lowe, at the Banda. A Teneriffan ex-
ample, however, stated to have been taken at the Agua Garcia, has
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It is found
likewise in Madeira, namely in the various pine-woods which have
been planted extensively of late years, at a high elevation, on the
southern and eastern slopes of the island.

The Canarian specimens have the tubercles on either side of their
prothorax, and their elytral costz, a trifle more developed than is the
case in examples now before me from the south of France, and the
basal rim of their pronotum is a little less thickened and more sinu-
ated; but I cannot believe that such slight differences are indicative
of more than, at the utmost, a slight geographical variety.

5. *Criocephalus pinetorum, n. sp.

C. affinis C. rustico, sed minor, pallidior (rufo-brunneus, elytris, sed pree-

104 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

sertim antennis pedibusque pallidioribus), fronte inter oculos magis
triangulariter depressa sed minus foveolata, prothorace per marginem
anticum et posticum rectiore (minus sinuato), tuberculis lateralibus
paucioribus, elytris apice sensim brevioribus, costis minus distinctis.
Long. corp. lin. 63.
Habitat Palmam, arbores vetustas Pint canariensis in locis elevatis de-
struens.

I believe that the unique specimen from which the above diagnosis
has been compiled is truly the exponent of an additional species of
Criocephalus, and cannot be regarded as a depauperated or ill-deve-
loped individual of the rusticus ; nevertheless, as it is scarcely mature
(having been bred from a pupa which I captured out of an old pine-
stump in the island of Palma, between the plains of Los Llanos and
the Great Caldeira), I think that further material should be obtained
before the true characters of the insect can be fully enunciated. It
would seem to be extremely abundant throughout the Pinal, in
Palma, above referred to (and perhaps, therefore, throughout the
Pinals generally) ; but as my sojourn there happened to be at the
wrong season of the year for the perfect insect, namely early in
June of 1858, I was able to procure only the larvee and pupe (all
of which, except one, afterwards died, and which were excessively
common in many of the rotten trunks of the Pinus canariensis).

If the example described from be normal for its kind, the C. pine-
torum is smaller and paler than the rusticus, being of a reddish
brown, with the limbs bright rufo-ferruginous ; its forehead is more
triangularly impressed between the eyes, but less deeply foveolated
in the centre; its prothorax, on which the lateral tubercles are
fewer, has its anterior and posterior margins straighter (or less
sinuated); and its elytra are rather more abbreviated behind, and
have their longitudinal cost less evident.

Genus HEsPrRoPHANES.
(Dejean) Muls., Longic. de France, 66 (1840).

6. Hesperophanes senex.
Trichoferus senex, Woll., Ins. Mad. 428, tab. 9. f. 3 (1854).
Hesperophanes senex, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 127 (1857).
Habitat Teneriffam, mihi non obvius; a Barone “Castello de Paiva”
communicatus.
Although I have not myself observed this insect at the Canaries,
I have no hesitation in admitting it into the fauna, inasmuch as a
single mutilated example, obtained from an old (but very accurately
kept) collection which was formed many years ago in Teneriffe, has

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 105

lately been communicated by the Bardo do Castello de Paiva. Though
much broken, it differs in no respect (that I can detect) from the ordi-
nary specimens of Madeira, unless indeed it be that the punctation
of its prothorax is perhaps a little less coarse. At Madeira it is far
from uncommon in certain spots of low elevation around Funchal.

7. Hesperophanes roridus.
Callidium (Hosparophanes) roridum, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.)
62, pl. 1. f. 6 (1838).
Habitat ?
Even M. Brullé’s description of this insect is, I think, sufficient to
warrant the conclusion that it cannot pertain to any of the other
Longicorns enumerated in the present paper; and therefore I insert
it (as in the case of the two Clyti) on his authority, as having been
included in the scanty (and somewhat doubtful) material of MM.
Webb and Berthelot. I need scarcely add, however, that I am
unable to give any critical information respecting it—not even the
island in which it was found; for it was not the custom of M. Brullé
to insert a single remark on the structure, habits, or habitat of any
of the very few species collected by MM. Webb and Berthelot, and
which he undertook to “ describe ”’ for their stupendous work.

Genus Ciytus.
Fabricius, Syst. Eleu. 11. 345 (1801).
8. Clytus Webbie.

Clytus Webbit, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 63 (1838).
Webbet, Gory, Mon. des Clytus, 80 (1841).

Habitat Teneriffam (sec. Dom. Gory), mihi non obvius.

Considering the excessive inaccuracy of Mr. Webb, and the un-
mistakeable errors of which he has been convicted (founded on the
most positive evidence) in transposing his specimens from Madeira
and the Canaries, which he appears to have mixed up together, I
feel that nothing certain can be affirmed even of the habitat of this
insect, which may perhaps have been introduced along with foreign
timber into Funchal, then taken by Mr. Webb (together with other
Madeiran species) to Teneriffe, and afterwards reported by him (no
doubt unintentionally) for both groups! At any rate some such
explanation seems far from improbable; for M. Gory cites it (clearly
on the authority of Mr. Webb, as is evident from the name which he
proposed for it) as coming from Madeira (where, I will venture to
say, the species does not exist), adding in a note, “ Cet insecte a été

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106 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

rapporté de Vile de Ténériffe par MM. Webb et Berthelot; nous en
devons la communication 4 M. Brullé, qui est chargé de décrire les
insectes rapportés par ces voyageurs.’”’ My own belief is, that it
occurs neither at Madeira nor the Canaries ; nevertheless, since it is
quoted for them both, and is admitted by M. Brullé for the latter
(of course, however, on the authority of Mr. Webb), I have no choice
but to include it in this paper. M. Brullé, as usual, gives no infor-
mation about it, not even its (supposed) island habitat, except that
it appears to him to be nothing more than a variety of the common
C. 4-punctatus, Fab.

9. Clytus griseus.

Clytus griseus, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 63 (1838).
, Gory, Mon. des Clytus, 80 (1841).

Habitat Teneriffam (sec. Dom. Gory), mihi non obvius.

Referring to M. Gory’s Monograph of Clytus, we are told (p. 80),
concerning this insect, that “MM. Webb et Berthelot ont rap-
porté de Vile de Ténériffe ;” yet in MM. Webb and Berthelot’s gi-
gantic work (which is supposed, inter alia, to include a complete
and descriptive fauna of the Canary Islands) all the information we
gather from M. Brullé (who compiled the Coleopterous portion of it)
is as follows: “Clytus griseus, Lap. et Gory. Ibid.,’—which (as is
his custom) does not even state in what island the insect was taken !
But when I mention that its insertion at all into the Canarian fauna
seems to rest on precisely the same authority as the last species, and
moreover that the European C. griseus is a mere variety of the 4-
punctatus (as appears to be the case equally with the C. Webbi!), 1
perhaps ought scarcely to admit it into this paper.

Genus Gracrnra.
Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, i. 81 (1854).

10. Gracilia pygmea.
Saperda minuta, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 150 (1787).
Callidium pygmeum, id., Ent. Syst. i. 11. 828 (1792).
pusillum, id., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 880 (1792).
Obrium minutum, Steph., Ill. Brit. Ent. iv. 250 (1831).
Gracilia pygmea, Muls., Longic. de France, 108 (1840).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Gomeram et Palmam, presertim in yimineis
circa domos, hine inde vulgaris. .
I have adopted for this common European insect the specific title
by which it is usually cited ; nevertheless Fabricius, according to his
own admission, first described it, in 1787, under the name of Saperda

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 107
minuta—quoting it, however, subsequently, in 1792, as the Callidium
pygmeum. It has probably been naturalized from more northern
latitudes in these islands, where it occurs in precisely similar spots to
those in which it occurs for the most part in Europe. It appears to
be more particularly attached to the various kinds of wicker- and
basket-work, within the dried sticks of which it resides, and is con-
sequently more often to be met with in, or about, houses than else-
where. In such positions I took it abundantly in Palma (particu-
larly at the Souces, towards the north-east of that island, emerging
from its perforations in the light open trays in which silkworms were
kept), during May 1858 ; and I likewise found it, at the beginning of
April of the following year, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura. A
single specimen has also been communicated by W. D. Crotch, Esq.,
which was captured by himself, during the spring of 1862, in Gomera.

It occurs sparingly in the Madeiran group ; and I may state that,
in a paper on ‘ Additions to the Coleoptera” of those islands, pub-
lished in the ‘ Ann. of Nat. Hist.’ for December 1858, I cited it, by
mistake, as the Obrium brunneum, Fab., which, however, is a totally
different insect.

Fam. Lamiade.

Genus Lrprosoma.
(Dejean) Thoms., Essai d’une Classif. de la Céramb. 23 (1860).

11. *Leprosoma gibbum.
Leprosoma asperatum, Dej., Cat. 872 (1837).
Lamua gibba, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62, pl. 1. f. 5 (1838).
Leprosoma asperatum, Thoms., Essai, 23 (1860).
gebbum, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (8rd Series) i. 178 (1862).
Habitat Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam, truncos ramosque Euphorbi-
arum emortuos in montibus destruens.

This curious Longicorn, which I have fully described in my paper
“on the Huphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canary Islands,” is
quite peculiar to the Euphorbias, within the dead branches and
stems of which it undergoes its transformations. In such situations
I have taken it on the hills above S* Maria Betancuria (in the Rio
Palmas) of Fuerteventura, as also in Teneriffe—particularly on the
mountain-slopes beyond S* Cruz, in the direction of Laguna and
Las Mercedes. But it will probably be found to be widely spread
over the archipelago, if only searched for in its proper localities.

The LZ. gibbum is certainly a good deal allied to my Madeiran genus
Deucalion, with which indeed I had at first imagined that it might
perhaps be associated ; nevertheless Mr. Pascoe, who has lately ex-

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108 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

amined the two insects critically, assures me that he believes them
to be the exponents of distinct groups.

Genus SrenrpEA.
Mulsant, Coleopt. de France, (Lamell.) Suppl. (1842).

In their cylindrical bodies, obscurely dappled surfaces, and late-
rally-spinose prothorax, the insects enumerated below have so much
the primd facie aspect of the Blabinoti, that, in a paper published
last year “on the Huphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canary
Islands,” I actually cited them as such. I should add, however, that
I contented myself with their mere superficial contour, without even
looking at all to their real structural characters, which the more
recent, and more accurate, observationst of Mr. Pascoe have lately
called attention to. It may be sufficient, therefore, here to state
that their deflexed head and more deeply emarginate and less pro-
minent eyes, in conjunction with the apically-acute (instead of
securiform) last joint of their palpi, and their very much longer an-
tenn, will serve at once, apart from minor differences, to separate
them from the Blabinoti.

12. *Stenidea annulicornis.
Cerambyx annulicornis, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62, pl. 1.
f, 3 (1838).
Blabinotus annulicornis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (8rd Series) 1.
179 (1862).
Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, intra caules Euphorbiarum degens.

In my paper above referred to, I remarked that “the present
species and the following one are very nearly allied, both in size and
external contour; nevertheless the annulicornis may be known from
the albida by the much yellower hue of its (denser) pubescence, by
its head being more brightly variegated, and its pronotum broadly
pale down the centre—the sides being dark. Its elytra, also, have
a much less tendency for the small, rounded paler spots which are
generally pretty evident in that insect ; whilst, on the other hand,
the darker longitudinal lines are somewhat more evident, and usually
less broken. Its surface, likewise, beneath the pile, is more rufo-
piceous; and its lateral prothoracic spine, although large, is rather
less powerfully developed. The annulicorms appears to be more
abundant in the western islands than in the eastern ones, of the
Canarian group. At any rate I have not observed it hitherto in
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary ; but have captured it

t Proce. Ent. Soc. Lond. 88 (1862).

Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns. 109

(not uncommonly) out of the dried Huphorbia-stems on the moun-
tains above S Cruz of Teneriffe, as well as in the lower regions of
El Golfo on the west of Hierro.” A single example was also taken
by W. D. Crotch, Esq., in Teneriffe.

In outline and general colouring the S. annulicornis is closely
allied to the S. Troberti of southern Europe (for the opportunity of
examining which I am indebted to Mr. Pascoe); it may, however,
be immediately known from it by its much larger size and longer
antenne, by its considerably coarser sculpture and robuster pubes-
cence, by its surface being sparingly studded all over with elongate
erect hairs, and by its elytra being more perceptibly ornamented with
broken, darker longitudinal lines.

13. *Stenidea albida.
Cerambyx albidus, Brullé, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62. pl. 1. f. 8
(1838).
Blabinotus albidus, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (8rd Series) i. 180
(1862).
Hatitat in locis similibus ac preecedens, sed in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura
et Teneriffa.

The whiter and less dense pubescence of the S. albeda, in con-
junction with its almost concolorous pronotum, its still more power-
fully developed prothoracice spine, its less evident and more broken
elytral lines, and its usually more perceptible (and paler) elytral
spots, will at once suffice to separate it from the annulicornis. It is
not uncommon beneath the dry outer bark of the various Euphor-
bias, under which circumstances I have taken it in Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura ; as also at Taganana, and on the mountains above
S* Cruz, in Teneriffe.

14. *Stencdea pilosa.
Blabinotus pilosus, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (8rd Series) i, 181
(1862).
Habitat Lanzarotam, in Euphorbiis emortuis, rarissima.

The narrower outline of the S. pilosa (the elytra of which are but
slightly wider than the hinder region of the prothorax), in con-
junction with its much shorter and almost anguliform prothoracic
spine and the comparatively broader anterior portion of its pro-
thorax (which is much less constricted than the hinder half), and its
denser suberect additional pile, will readily separate it from both of
the preceding species. It would seem to be extremely rare, and
confined (so far at least as has been observed hitherto) to Lanzarote,

110 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Canarian Longicorns.

where it was first detected by John Gray, Esq., during January
1858, near Haria, in the north of that island. Subsequently I my-
self captured two examples of it in the same district, from beneath
the dead, loosened bark of old Huphorbia-stems.

15. *Stenidea Hesperus, n. sp.

S, angusto-cylindrica, pilis demissis cinereis densissime tecta et longiori-
bus suberectis in prothorace necnon elytrorum apicem versus parcissime
obsita ; prothorace ad latera spina media parva armato, antice et postice
subeequaliter constricto; elytris lineis fractis nigrescentibus sat di-
stinctis longitudinaliter ornatis, ad apicem singulatim rotundatis ; an-
tennis longissimis,

Long. corp. lin. 53.

Habitat ins, Hierro; specimen ex arbuscula quadam Rumicis Lunarie in
inferiore vix supra mare crescente, die 11. Feb. a.p. 1858, collegi.

At first sight the present Stenidea a good deal resembles a minute
specimen of the S. pilosa; nevertheless, apart from its much smaller
size, it may readily be known from that species by the more defined
and less anguliform (though small) spine of its rather less basally-
constricted, concolorous prothorax; by its more cinereous (or less
yellowish-white) pubescence, and its freedom (except at the apex of
the elytra and very sparingly on the prothorax) from additional erect
hairs; by its elytra being more rounded-off (separately) at their tip,
and more conspicuously ornamented with broken longitudinal darker
lines ; and by its antenne being considerably longer. The specimen
from which the diagnosis has been compiled is unique, and was
beaten, on the 11th of February 1858, from off a bush of the Rumex
Lunaria, in the island of Hierro, at a low elevation (scarcely above
the sea-level), on the ascent from Port Hierro to Valverde.

Genus AGAPANTHIA.
Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 35 (1835).

16. *Agapanthia Cardui.
Cerambyx Cardui, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12.) i. 632 (1767).
Saperda suturalis, Fab., Syst. Eleu. ii. 826 (1801).
Agapanthia suturalis, Muls., Longic. de France, 178 (1840).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma, presertim ad flores Carduorum,
tempore vernali et zstivo haud infrequens.

The A. Cardui of southern Europe and northern Africa is widely
spread over the Canarian archipelago, where it occurs, at inter-
mediate elevations, during the spring and summer, principally on the
flowers of thistles. I have taken it throughout the region of El
Monte in Grand Canary, at Las Mercedes in Teneriffe, and in Palma.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. 1X.—Novempse_r, 1863.

X.—On some new Species of Neuropterous Insects from Australia and
New Zealand, belonging to the Family Hemerobiide. By R.
M°Lacutan, F.L.S.

In this paper I have attempted descriptions of some of the unde-
scribed Hemerobiide received within the last few years from Au-
stralia and New Zealand. ‘Till now no species of this family have
been noticed from the latter colony ; and the number of described
Australian species is not great: nevertheless it is probable that these
quarters are rich in these insects, those sent up to the present time
affording no good evidence on this point, they being doubtless mere
casual captures, and not the result of any systematic search.

The following is a list of those species hitherto described as coming
from Australia and ‘Tasmania.

Genus Nympues, Leach.

N. myrmeleonides, Leach, a noble insect, of which the British
Museum possesses a fine series.

Genus Osmruvs, Latreille.

O. strigatus, Burm.

O. extraneus, Walker, B.M.Cat.—No locality given. A second
specimen has since been received from Australia. This is placed by
Mr. Walker in the genus Nymphes ; but to me it has more the appear-
ance of an Osmylus, and seems to possess ocelli, which character will
preclude it being placed in Nymphes.

O. sejunctus, Walker, B.M.Cat.—Likewise placed in Nymphes. I
can discover no ocelli; but it has, as has also the last species, the
moniliform antenne of Osmylus.

O. tenuis, Walker, B.M.Cat.

O. longipennis, Walker, B.M.Cat.

It is probable that eventually these insects will be separated from
Osmylus, and placed in two or more distinct genera.

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112 Mr. R. McLachlan on some new Species of Neuropterous Insects

Genus Curysopa, Leach.

C. Ramburi, Schneider.—I am doubtful as to Mr. Walker’s type
of this species in the British Museum Collection being the same.
Schneider describes the palpi as “lete fulve ;” in Mr. Walker’s
species they are distinctly annulated with black.

C. signata, Schneider.—Mr. Walker’s type of this can hardly be
the same. Schneider describes and figures the prothorax as imma-
culate ; the specimens in the British Museum have a large and very
distinct <-shaped black mark on each side of the prothorax, and
also a black spot on each side of the mesothorax in front.

C. innotata, Walker, B.M. Cat.

C. insignis, Walker, B.M.Cat.

C. lutea, Walker, B.M.Cat.

Genus Psycnorsis, Newman.

P. mimica, Newman.

P. celivaga, Walker, B, M.Cat. (Hemerobius).

Genus Micromvs, Rambur,

M. australis, Walker, B. M.Cat.—Placed in Hemerobius; but there
is no recurrent vein at the base of the costal space.

Genus Hemerosivs, Linneeus,

H. Tasmanie, Walker, Trans, Ent. Soc.—I have not yet seen the
type of this species,
The genera Nymphes and Psychopsis are apparently confined to

Australia.
Genus Osmytus, Latreille.

O.? incisus. (Pl. VI. fig. 1.)

O. luridus; antennis flavis, vix pilosis; abdomine fusco; pedibus flavis,
femoribus tibiisque nigro punctatis, tarsis ad apicem nigris: alis anticis
vix faleatis, ad basim angustis, subhyalinis, griseo-fusco irroratis et
nebulosis, maculis tribus magnis informibus ad marginem dorsalem
maculaque semicirculari ad apicem fuscis ; costa fusco punctata; venis
longitudinalibus nonnullis flavis, reliquis fuscis albo punctatis; posticis
pallido-signatis,

Long. corp. 8 lin., exp. alee 26 lin.

Hab. New Zealand (Otago and Auckland) (Mr, Oxley), In my own
Collection and in that of the British Museum.

Lurid, pubescent; antenne yellow, slightly hairy; eyes lurid; abdo-
men fuscous; legs yellow; thighs and tibiz with a black spot at the
knees, and another in the middle ; apical joints of the tarsi black: ante-
rior wings narrow at the base, apical margin excised, subhyaline, some-
times tinged with brownish, clouded and irrorated with greyish fuscous ;

from Australia and New Zealand, 113

three large irregularly shaped blotches on the inner margin, and a some-
what lunate one in the apex, fuscous; costa spotted with fuscous ; sub-
costal vein and one in the middle of the wing yellow, all the others
fuscous, dotted with white ; posterior wings marked in a similar man-
ner, but less distinctly, and the apical margin is very slightly excised.

0.? pallidus. (Pl. VI. fig. 2.)

O. rufo-brunneus; antennis dilute luteis; oculis nigris; palpis fuscis;
thorace utrinque nigro-fusco; pedibus dilute luteis, genibus tarsisque
fuscescentibus : alis anticis marginibus apicalibus oblique truncatis vix
excisis, hyalinis, nonnihil brunneis, punctis paucis fuscis, marginibus
apicalibus dorsalibusque fusco punctatis, venis fusco punctatis ; posticis
haud punctatis.

Long. corp. 5 lin., exp. alee 17 lin. ,

Hab. Australia. In the Collection of the British Museum.

Reddish brown, slightly hairy; antenne pale yellow; eyes black;
palpi fuscous; thorax blackish fuscous at the sides; legs pale yellow,
knees and tarsi fuscescent: anterior wings broader than in the last
species, apical margin obliquely truncated, very slightly excised, hyaline,
with a brownish tinge most manifest at the pterostigma, and along the
dorsal margin a few scattered fuscous dots, and the apical and dorsal
margins are spotted with fuscous, veins regularly pointed with fuscous ;
posterior wings with no black dots, otherwise similar to the anterior.

These two pretty species differ from the European O. Chrysops in
the much finer reticulation of the wings, and the shape of these
latter ; but the differences are so slight that I do not think it would
be right to separate them generically at present.

Curysopa, Leach.
C. opposita. (PI. VI. fig. 6.)

C. flavo-viridis ; antennis pallidis, ad apicem brunneis; prothorace brevi,
macula utrinque rufo-ochracea, mesothorace antice nota utrinque brun-
nea ; pedibus pallide viridi-albis, tarsis ad apicem brunneis: alis anticis
brevibus, ad apicem vix rotundis, hyalinis, areolis paucis magnis, ptero-
stigmate brunneo, venis longitudinalibus dilute viridibus, venulis trans-
versalibus costalibus nonnullis basim et apicem versus et furculis mar-
ginalibus nigris, reliquis griseo nebulosis; posticis hyalinis pterostig-
mate viridescente, venulis transversalibus costalibus nigvis,

Long. corp. 3 lin., exp. alee 10 lin,

Hab. Australia (Moreton Bay) (Mr. Diggles). In the Collection of the
British Museum.

Yellowish green; antenné pale whitish ochreous, brown towards the
tips; eyes in dead specimens black; prothorax short, with a reddish
ochreous spot on each side, mesothorax with a brown mark on each
side in front; legs very pale greenish white, apical joint of the tarsi

K 2

114 Mr. R. McLachlan on some new Species of Neuropterous Insects

brownish: anterior wings short, somewhat rounded at the apex, hya-
line, areolets few and large, pterostigma brown, longitudinal veins pale
green, all the transverse costal veins, a few towards the base and apex,
and the marginal forks internally (and in part externally) black, the
others clouded with grey ; posterior wings with a greenish pterostigma,
only the transverse costal veins black.

A neat and characteristic species of this gigantic genus, which
seems to spread itself, with scarcely any modifications, over the whole
world*.

Psycuorsis, Newman.

P. insolens. (Pl. VI. fig. 3.)

P. pallide ochracea, pilosissima; antennis pedibusque albido-ochraceis ;
oculis nigris: alis anticis subhyalinis fulvo pilosis, maculis numerosis

* In the ‘Annales de la Société Entomologique de France,’ sér. 4, tom. ii.
trimestre 3 (1862), is a memoir by M. Girard, in which are described two new
species of Chrysopa from New Caledonia, under the names of Hemerobius chlo-
romelus and H. stigma of Montrouzier. The retention of the generic term
Hemerobius for these insects is opposed to the ideas of almost all modern writers
on the subject, excepting M. Rambur. This name is now usually only applied
to those small insects to which Rambur applied the name Mucropalpus, of which
H. Humuli may be taken as the type.

This memoir is full of interesting details on the venation of the wings, with
the opinions of the various authors who have made these insects their study ;
but it seems strange that no mention whatever is made of the most comprehen-
sive monograph of the genus yet published, viz. ‘Schneider’s Symbolx ad
Monographiam generis Chrysope, Leach,’ 1851, in which the neuration of the
wings has received the author’s especial attention. In M. Girard’s arrangement
of the nervures the subcostal nervure is described as double, and the space be-
tween the two branches is termed the “ cellule médiastine.” These two branches
form the swbcosta and radius of Schneider, and are well indicated on plates 2&5
of his monograph.

But the character on which M. Girard places most stress is the small transverse
nervule near the base of the wing connecting the two branches; this he calls the
“ nervule intercurrente.” The position of this nervule is considered as furnish-
ing a specific character, and its absence in some species as entitling them to form
a separate genus, in which he would place H. stigma, Montrouzier. The presence
of this intercurrent nervule is indicated in Schneider’s scheme of the neuration
of Chrysopa, on plate 2; and at page 42, he says, “In area intra radium et sub-
costam angustissima prope ad al basin wna, et in pterostigmate plures ven
transyersariz nomine venularum radialium a me significantur.” However, it is
clearly absent in his genus Apochrysa, and most probably also in his Chrysopa
longicollis, which, he remarks, is intermediate between Chrysopa and Apochrysa.
To this species H. stigma is evidently nearly related ; and in the same genus will
come C. lutea, Walker, C. aurifera, Walker, and A. Marionella, Guérin, none of
which possess this intercurrent nervule. All of these are elegant species, readily
distinguished at first sight by the great length of the antenne.

from Australia and New Zealand. 115

eriseis et griseo-ochraceis, punctis duobus nigris, uno anté apicem
alteroad angulum analem; posticis albido-hyalinis, macula rotunda ad
apicem brunnea.

Long. corp. 4-5 lin., exp. alae 12-165 lin.

Hab. Australia (Moreton Bay) (Mr. Diggles). In the Collection of the
British Museum.

Pale ochreous, very hairy; antenne and legs pale whitish ochreous ;
eyes black ; apex of abdomen clothed with whitish hairs: anterior wings
subhyaline, clothed with fawn-coloured hairs, thickly maculated with
grey and greyish ochreous, margins regularly spotted with grey, a black
dot near the apex, and another at the anal angle ; posterior wings whitish
hyaline, with ochreous hairs, a large round brown spot near the apex.

The genus Psychopsis was constructed by Mr. Newman for the
reception of a singular insect belonging to this family, remarkable for
its broad wings and greatly dilated costal area. This species (P.
mimica, Newman) is described in the ‘ Entomologist,’ p. 415, and
figured on the title-page of that journal. A second species is de-
scribed by Mr. Walker in the ‘ Catalogue of the Neuropterous Insects
in the Collection of the British Museum,’ part 2, p. 279, under the
name of Hemerobius colivagus; and a third species, described above,
has been lately received. All three inhabit Australia.

DREPANEPTERYX, Leach.
D. binocula, Newman.

D. instabilis. (Pl. VI. fig. 4.)

D. rufo-fusca; antennis pallide ochraceis, brunneo annulatis; prothorace
utrinque nigro ; pedibus pallide ochraceis: alis anticis sub-apicibus pro-
funde excisis, subhyalinis, vix griseis, griseo-brunneo irroratis et nebu-
losis, sectoribus sex, venulis gradatis in serie interna decem, externa
quatuordecim nigricante marginatis, venis longitudinalibus griseo-
brunneo punctatis; posticis albo-hyalinis, griseo marginatis, venis
nonnullis nigricantibus.

Long. corp. 33 lin., exp. alee 9 lin.

Hab. New Zealand (Otago) (Mr. Oxley). In my own Collection.

Var. Alis anticis seriebus ambabus venularum gradatarum nigricante
marginatis, inter eas macula magna costali subhyalina.

Reddish fuscous; antennz pale greyish ochreous, annulated with
brown; prothorax black at the sides; legs very pale greyish ochreous:
anterior wings deeply excised below the apex, greyish subhyaline,
clouded and irrorated with greyish brown, forming transverse streaks
on the costal margin, six sectors radii, 10 gradate veinlets in the inner
series, 14 in the outer, the latter deeply margined with blackish, longi-
tudinal veins dotted with greyish brown ; posterior wings whitish hya-
line, interruptedly margined with grey, some of the veins blackish.

116 On some new Species of Newropterous Insects.

A variety has both series of gradate veinlets in the anterior wings
margined with blackish ; between them on the costa is a large sub-
hyaline space without markings, and there is also a somewhat con-
spicuous black spot near the base.

I have no doubt that the two insects described above are varieties
of one variable species. This and the next are allied to D. binocula,
Newman, from Australia, which also seems to vary considerably.
Hemerobius flavicornis, Walker, and H. hamatus, Walker, from
America, which much resemble these in the shape of the wings, have
no recurrent vein at the base of the costal area, and have been placed
by Dr. Hagen in the genus Micromus (Neurop. N. America, p. 198).

D. humilis. (Pl. VI. fig. 5.)

D. ochracea, sparse pilosa; antennis pallide ochraceis; prothorace et
mesothorace utrinque fuscescentibus ; pedibus pallide ochraceis, tarsis
fuscescentibus: alis anticis ad marginem apicalem vix excisis, subhya-
linis, griseo-ochraceo nebulosis, punctis raris fuscis, marginibus apicali-
bus dorsalibusque fuscis albo punctatis, venis longitudinalibus fusco
punctatis, venulis gradatis in serie interna novem, externa tredecim ;
posticis hyalinis, pterostigmate ochraceo.

Long. corp. 3 lin., exp. alee 7 lin.

Hab. Australia (Moreton Bay) (Mr. Diggles); New Zealand (Otago) (Mr.
Oxley), (Auckland) (Colonel Bolton). In my own Collection, and in
that of the British Museum.

Ochreous, slightly pilose; antennze pale ochreous; eyes lurid; pro-
and meso-thorax somewhat fuscous at the sides; legs pale ochreous,
tarsi fuscescent: anterior wings slightly excised at the apical margin,
subhyaline clouded with greyish ochreous, and with a few scattered
black dots most numerous along the costal margin; apical and inner
margins narrowly fuscous, spotted with white ; longitudinal veins with
fuscous points, 9 veinlets in the inner gradate series, some of which are
fuscous, 13 in the outer; posterior wings hyaline, pterostigma ochreous.

In the New Zealand examples the posterior wings have a fuscous
dash at the anal angle, but they do not sufficiently differ from the
Australian to warrant their separation specifically.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE VI.

Fig. 1. Osmylus ? incisus. Fig. 4*. Drepanepteryx instabilis,
39: Se P pallidus. var.
5, 0 Psychopsis insolens. Fed humilis.

5, 4. Drepanepteryx instabilis. », 6. Chrysopa opposita.

Mr. Westwood on a new Species of Longicorn Beetle. 117

XI.— Description of a new Species of Longicorn Beetle.
By J. O. Westwoop, M.A., F.L.S., &e.

In the present state of entomological science, the publication of
technical descriptions of isolated species of insects has become in
the highest degree inconvenient, not only to the student, whose time
is greatly absorbed by the necessity to hunt out such descriptions in
the many channels of communication now open for their reception,
but also to the authors thereof, as, in many instances, such descrip-
tions are overlooked, and become dead letters in the science. No
greater benefit, therefore, could be afforded to both these classes
than were the editors of scientific periodicals and the councils of the
different publishing societies to refuse publication to such descrip-
tions. At the same time it is equally evident that the descrip-
tions of isolated species may be made the vehicles of the most im-
portant scientific researches: look, for instance, at the memoirs of
Léon Dufour, in which so many detached species are made the
objects of the most valuable anatomical and physiological observa-
tions; or take as an example many of Mr. Kirby’s descriptions of
isolated species, each of which was made the centre of inquiries as to
the natural relations and systematic position of the group to which
the species is referable.

The great facilities, indeed, afforded at the present day to the
authors of such descriptions for their publication in the many
periodicals devoted either to zoology in general or to entomology in
particular have become the bane of the science. The editors of
these publications in too many instances are only too glad to accept
any kind of descriptions to fill their pages, and hence they too fre-
quently omit to exercise the power which their position invests them
with, but of which science at the same time imposes upon them the
stern use. It is, therefore, with much pleasure that I have learned
that the editor of this Journal has come to the determination of
refusing admission to descriptions unaccompanied by critical remarks
as to the relationship of the genera and species intended for publi-
cation; and I trust that such a decision, together with the strong
opinion on the subject which has been expressed in so many quarters,
may have the effect of putting a stop to that torrent of ill-digested,
ill-deseribed species which it is as difficult in many instances to
determine as to be satisfied with even when determined.

England indeed has, with a few bright exceptions, been peculiarly
unfortunate in her entomological descriptive works. Marsham’s
‘Coleoptera Britannica’ and Haworth’s ‘ Lepidoptera Britannica ’

118 ==Mr. Westwood on a new Species of Longicorn Beetle.

were great failures, chiefly owing to the fact that their authors paid
too little attention to minute structural characters; whilst the great
work of Stephens could hardly be expected to be more fortunate when
we bear in mind the peculiar nature of the gigantic task which the
author had imposed upon himself. On the other hand, the ‘ Mono-
graphia Apum Angliz’ will be a text-book so long as entomological
literature exists,—first, because the author had concentrated his
energies on a group of moderate extent ; and secondly, because his
peculiar modus operandi had led him to seize and dwell upon minute
structural characters as the foundation of his system. How far the
literature of our own day well deserves the censure or the praise
which we have learned to allot to these different works will perhaps
require another half century to determine, although the voice of the
critic even now demands its absolute extermination. To avoid such a
result, it behoves every one who will attempt the description of species
to do so with a view to benefit science, the advancement of which
must inevitably be retarded by the continued heaping up of crude
technicalities which can only be likened to so much rubbish thrown
upon a highway, of no use till the hammer of the critical road-
maker has broken it to pieces and rendered it available for scientific
use, or an encumbrance to be thrown aside for its worthlessness.

These observations may seem ill-placed as the preface to the de-
scription of a single new species of Longicorn Beetle ; but, as stated
above, the description of an isolated species may be so treated as
materially to serve the cause of science by the investigation of the
affinities of the greup to which it belongs; and it is in this point of
view that I venture to offer such a description to the subscribers
this work.

In every group of natural objects, especially if of large extent,
there are some individuals which are more especially typical or cha-
racteristic of the group; and in a natural classification such in-
dividuals find their place at the greatest distance from the members
of neighbouring allied groups. The type species of a family must
always be looked for, therefore, if the classification be natural, in
the centre of the group, whilst the species which, from their greater
similarity to the neighbouring tribes, are most aberrant from the
family type, are to be found on its outskirts.

In the classification of the Longicorn Coleoptera in the various
works of Latreille we find the genus Spondylis placed at the head of
the Prionidex, evidently from its relationship to the genera Parandra
and Passandra. Serville (Ann. Soc. Ent. France, i. p. 121) indeed
adopts the same position, forming, however, Spondylis (with Can-

Mr. Westwood on a new Species of Longicorn Beetle. 119

tharocnemis) into a subtribe, but with a remark that they “ne me
paraissent pas bien évidemment étre 4 leur véritable place.”

During the thirty years which have elapsed since the publication
of Serville’s classification, other new genera have been established,
more or less nearly allied to Spondylis, namely, Hypocephalus, Tor-
neutes (Reiche, Trans. Ent. Lond. 1837, p. 9), Hrichsonia (Westw.
ibid. v. p. 210), Thaumasus (Reiche, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1853,
p- 419), Scaphinus (Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, xiii.
p- 100), Anoploderma (Guérin, Revue Zool. 1840, p. 278), Sypilus
(Guerin, ibid. p. 276), and Mysteria (Thomson, Essai d’une Classe
des Cérambycides, p. 270). The knowledge of these genera, which
comprise some of the most remarkable forms amongst Coleopterous
insects, has appeared to necessitate a considerable modification in
respect to the position of Spondylis as the type of a group in which
they seem naturally to find a place, and amongst which, notwith-
standing all the arguments of Mr. Thomson (op. cit. p. 262), I think
Hypocephalus ought to be ranged. We accordingly find that Mr. J. L.
Leconte, in his ‘Attempt to classify the Longicorn Coleoptera of North
America,’ has removed the Spondylite from the Prionide, and placed
them as one of the three subfamilies of a group composed of the
Lepturite, Cerambycide, and Spondylite, conjointly equivalent in
value to each of the Prionite and Lamiite, making Asemum and
Criocephalus the connecting links between Callidium and Spondylis,
whilst Mr. Thomson, in the work above alluded to, has cut up the
Spondylite into five minor groups,—1. Spondylite vere, 2. Torneu-
tite, 3. Erichsomte, 4. Canthorocnennte, and 5. Anoplodermite, con-
sidering the margination of the sides of the prothorax as of primary
importance (see pp. xv. and 129). The existence of this character,
however, which occurs so generally amongst the Prionide alone, in
Erichsonia, Sypilus, Cantharocnemis, and Anoploderma is, in my
opinion, more confirmatory of the relation of these insects with the
Prionide than with the Cerambycide, to which may be added the
fact that the want of lobation in the third joint of the tarsi, which is
so striking a character in Anoploderma, Sypilus, and the new genus
described in this paper, exactly accords with its condition in Acanthi-
nodera Cuming, whilst the dilated and dentated anterior tibia of
Cantharocnemis are found also in the Prionus pilosicollis, Hope, from
Australasia.

It therefore cannot, I think, be doubted that the relationship of
these insects is as strong towards the typical Prionide as it is to the
Cerambycide ; whether, indeed, their general aberration from the
Longicorn type will not sanction their location at the borders of the

120 = Mr. Westwood on a new Species of Longicorn Beetle.

great group, rather than in the position assigned to them by Leconte
and Thomson, will depend upon a general arrangement of the
Pseudotetramerous insects, and must doubtless be influenced by the
characters of the preparatory state of the different groups, especially
such as form the connecting links between the different families.

Mieports*, n. g.

Genus novum, Sypilo proximum, differt clypeo transverso, mandibulis
intus 1-dentatis, et antennis subbrevibus.

Corpus oblongum, subparallelum, subcylindricum. Caput subdeclive, me-
diocre ; clypeus transversus, brevis, fere recte truncatus. Labrum trans-
versum, ciliatum. Mandibule deflexee, falciformes, apice acuto, intus
prope medium dente parvo conico armatee. Mazille parvee, ore clauso
omnino obtecte, transverse incidentes. Palpi mazillares sublongi, 4-
articulati, simplices, articulis longitudine fere eequalibus, ultimo arti-
culo truncato. Mentum breve, transversum, angulis lateralibus rotun-
datis. Zabiwm haud porrectum, mento absconditum. Palpi labiales
fere longitudine maxillaribus eequales, graciles, articulo 35tio reliquis
multo breviore elongato-ovali. Antenne dimidio corporis vix longiores,
11-articulatze, articulo 2nde minuto, 3tic yix 4tum longitudine excedente,
hoc et reliquis ad angulum internum paulo acute productis.

Prothorax capite major et latior, lateribus rotundatis marginatis convexus.
Prosternum parum elevatum, postice truncatum, ultra coxas anticas
haud productum. Mesosternum simplex, angustum, impressione media
in parte antica notatum. Pedes mediocres, tibiis omnibus ad apicem
externum in spinam productis, apice truncato denticulato; tars? arti-
culis tribus basalibus subtus longe setosis, 2ndo et Stio triangularibus
haud bilobatis, 4to distincto nodiformi. Elytra oblonga, parallela, apice
rotundata.

Species unica Brasiliensis.

Migdolus Fryanus, 1. sp.

M. niger, nitidus, piceo parum tinctus punctatissimus ; capite in medio
inter oculos subimpresso; pronoto punctis 4 discoidalibus; elytris
punctato-granulosis, punctis rivulosis; corpore infra nitido, punctato,
luteo setoso, lateribus metasterni valde setosis.

Long. corp. lin. 14, cap. lin. 13, proth. lin. 4, elytr. lin, 83.

Habitat in Brasilia prope Rio Janeiro (D. Fry).

Ex individuo unico (foemineo ?) descriptum.

Plate VIL. fig. 1. Miapotus Fryanus, of the natural size.
la. The clypeus and mandibles; 14, The mentum and palpi én situ ;
le. Prosternum; 1d. Same, with the anterior coxa seen sideways;
le. Mesosternum impressed in front; 1f Apex of tibia and tarsus;
lg. Antenna.

* Migdol, locus prope terminos Egypti ad mare rubrum.

Last of Colydiidee collected in the Indian Islands. 121

In illustration of this new genus, I have thought it would be
interesting to add figures of three of the allied genera above com-
mented upon, of which no satisfactory representations have hitherto
appeared. Figures of Torneutes and Hrichsonia will be found in the
‘Transactions of the Entomological Society’ above referred to; of
Thaumasus, in the French ‘ Annales;’ of Hypocephalus, in my
‘Arcana Entomologica,’—Scaphinus and Mysteria being still un-
represented.

Plate VII. fig. 2. Syprius p’OrBiant, Guérin, Rev. Zool. p. 276; Icon.
Régne An., texte ; Blanchard in Voy. d’Orbigny, Crust. et Ins. p. 206,
pl. 20. f. 1 (mala).

Habitat in Patagonia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonie.

2a. Head, seen in front; 26, Palpi; 2c. Two of the middle joints of

the antenne ; 2d. Anterior tarsus, showing the very narrow, lobeless
state of the three basal joints.

Plate VII. fig. 3. ANOPLODERMA BICOLOR, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1840,
p. 278; Blanchard, in Voyage d’Orbigny, Crust. et Ins., texte,
p- 206, pl. 20. f. 2 (mala).

Hatlntat the Andes. In Mus. Guérin. Ex individuo typico delineatum.

3a. Head, seen in front; 3 6. Tarsus.

Plate VII. fig. 4. CANTHAROCNEMIS SPONDYLOIDES, Serville, Ann. Soc.
Ent. France, i. p. 152.

4a. The clypeus, labrum, and mandibles of the male; 44. Mandible of

female ; 4c. Labrum and palpus, with maxillary palpus; 4d. Two
of the middle joints of the antenne.

Habitat in Senegallia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniz.

XII.— List of the Colydiidee collected in the Indian Islands by Alfred
R. Wallace, Esq., and Descriptions of new Species. By Francis P.
Pascon, F.L.S., &e.

Wiru the exception of a few species described by me in the previous
Numbers of this work, the whole of the Colydians collected by Mr.
Wallace, and enumerated in this paper, are entirely new to science.
They are fifty in number, belonging to twenty-four genera, of which
eight are now for the first time characterized. Of the older genera,
Bothrideres is universal, and Cerylon scarcely less so, except that it
has not yet been detected in Australia; besides these, the only genus
represented in Europe is Colobicus. Of the Asiatic, or rather of the
Indian genera (for we scarcely know anything of this family beyond
the two peninsulas), we find exponents of six in this collection, viz.
Phormesa, Machlotes, Dastarcus, Petalophora, Gempylodes, and Tra-
chypholis, while the only known Indian genus not found in it is

122 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

Tarphiosoma. If we except Bothrideres, Penthelispa, and Phormesa
(the two former almost universally distributed), we have no genus
common to the Indian islands and to Australia. This is the more
remarkable, as we are now acquainted with eleven genera from that
division of the world, all very distinct, and some of them rich in
species. It is perhaps still more remarkable that four of the Indian
genera, viz. Distaphyla, Minthea, Nematidium, and Ocholissa, have
representatives in Tropical America, and nowhere else.

With regard to the distribution of the Colydiide in the Indian
Islands there is nothing, so far as this collection is concerned, to call
for any particular remark. Nine genera were found in New Guinea,
three of which only are peculiar, viz. Bupala, Caprodes, and Eba.
Few of the species appear to have been met with in more than one
island. The exceptions were Ocholissa humeralis, which was found
at Saylee (New Guinea), in Morty, Mysol, and Batchian ; Dastarcus
confinis at Dorey, Macassar, and Aru; Chorites oblongus at Macassar,
Ceram, and Batchian; Minthea simillima at Saylee, Ceram, and
Macassar; Hyberis araneiformis at Sarawak and Singapore; Phor-
mesa heros at Dorey and Morty; Nematidium posticum at Sarawak
and Amboyna; and Dastarcus vetustus at Ceram and Batchian. The
little island of Mysol furnished eight species, only one of them,
Ocholissa humeralis, having being detected elsewhere. It must be
observed, however, that Mr. Wallace did not trouble himself with
these ‘‘ small game,’’ except when he had nothing else to do; conse-
quently many of the islands, such as Bouru, Gilolo, Aru, Key,
Waigiou, and others, are not represented at all, or only by a single
specimen. In the following table I have adhered to the five sub-
families into which Erichson has divided this family :—

SyNCHITINE.
Antenne clavate.
Prothorax entire anteriorly.
Antenne eleven-jointed.
Prothorax and elytra not carinate.

Pibies fusiform son. cate Ue a aieieeiviets eiclelotetee Caprodes, n. g.
Tibize linear or subtrigonate.
Prothorax dilated at the sides .......... Colobicus, Laty.
Prothorax not dilated ./. 20)... os s:e0 sss s\0 Cebra, n. g.
Prothorax and elytra carinate.
With antennary gT00VeS......eeerecceeees Phormesa, Pasce.
Without antennary grooves ......e.seeeee Authia, n. g.
Antenne: ten-jointed ........ccccesenesccenes Bupala, n. g.
Prothorax with two projecting lobes anteriorly .... Distaphyla, Pase.

Antenne: 6b ClaVAtC: Set ena ciclo ihe erie eres ines: Lba, n. g.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. = 123

. CoLyDIInz.
Antenne free at the base ........ sata glatn iss sid-< eich a Nematidium, Er.
Antenne hidden at the base.
Antenne clavate.
Prothorax and elytra smooth ..........00.. Ocholissa, Pasc.
Prothorax and elytra carinate ............ ». Lthris, 1. g.
Antenne not clavate............ otiniind doiine Gempylodes, n. g.
BoruRivERIN 2.
Basal joint of the tarsi elongate.
Club of the antenne transverse ............ .» Petalophora, Westw.
Club of the antennze ovate or round .......... Metopiestes, Pasc.

Basal joint of the tarsi short.
Prothorax with a deep transverse cleft posteriorly Machlotes, Pasc.
Prothorax not cleft transversely.
Posterior cox widely remote.

Prothorax with a central impression ...... Bothrideres, Ey.

Prothorax without a central impression .... Dastarcus, Walk.
Posterior coxe moderately remote.

Body ovate.

Tibize sublinear.
Interfemoral process broadly triangular. Trachypholis, Er.

Interfemoral process truncate ...... .. Chorites, Pasc.
Tibize fusiform.
Sides of the prothorax nearly entire .. <Atyscus, n. 2.
Sides of the prothorax denticulate .... Hyberis, Pasc.
Body cylindrical: cd ssslice eas iieiviaidieis'e 5 Minthea, Pase.
PYCNOMERINZE.
Antenne eleven-jointed ...:......:....... »»»» Penthelispa, Pasc.
CERYLONINZ.
Antenne ten-jointed .........cceceecees Sipe cotate Cerylon, Latr.
Colobicus parilis.

Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 102.—Batchian.

Of the five species of this genus now in my collection, this and
Colobicus conformis agree with the European Colobicus emarginatus
in having the third antennal joint as long or longer than the three
succeeding joints together, while in the other two species* it scarcely

* One of these species I owe to the kindness of Dr. Schaum. The following
is its diagnosis and principal characters :—

Colobicus rugosulus.

C. oblongus, rugosus, fuscus, opacus, ferrugineo anguste marginatus; elytris
confertim granulatis.
Hab. Ceylon.

124 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

exceeds more than one of them. They are all alike in habit (except
that Colobicus limbatus is proportionally broader), and have the pro-
thorax and elytra more or less bordered with ferruginous.

Colobicus conformis.

C. oblongus, fuscus; capite angusto, antice rotundato; prothorace con-
fertim punctato.
Hab, Lombok.

Oblong, dark brown, the prothorax broadly margined with ferru-
ginous, the elytra with a much narrower margin; head rather narrow,
rounded anteriorly, covered with whitish setose scales, the lip very
short; prothorax coarsely punctured, the punctures more or less con-
fluent, with scattered setose scales, the sides not fringed with sete ;
elytra punctate-striate, the punctures with whitish sete; legs and
antenn ferruginous ; body beneath chestnut-brown, without sete.
Length 13 line.

This differs from Colobicus parilis in the closely punctured pro-
thorax, so closely indeed as to give it a granular appearance, while in
that species the punctures are, as it were, ocellated or ringed, caused
apparently by a kind of protuberance at the base of each puncture. In
both species the head is narrower and more elongate than in Colobicus
emarginatus.

Colobicus limbatus.

C. rugosus, brunneus, ferrugineo late marginatus; elytris seriato-granu-
latis, interspatiis nitidis,
Hab, Sarawak.

Reddish brown, with a broad ferruginous border fringed with fine
setze to the prothorax and elytra, and covered with coarse granulations,
which are most crowded on the head and prothorax, but are arranged
in regular lines on the elytra, the intervals nitid, each granulation tip-
ped with a semierect black seta ; eyes with squamose sete ; head short,
transverse, entire anteriorly, with a moderately long lip; legs and an-
tenn ferruginous, third joint of the latter not longer than the second,
and much shorter than the two following joints together; body beneath
dark ferruginous, with scattered greyish sete. Length 1} line.

Oblong, dark brown, opake, witha very narrow ferruginous border fringed
with strong sete to the prothorax and elytra, and covered with coarse,
crowded granulations, which are arranged on the elytra in irregular rows;
head moderately transverse, slightly emarginate anteriorly, with a short lip ;
body beneath, legs, and antennz dull ferruginous. Length 2 lines.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. 125

CEBIA,.

Caput receptum, subquadratum, sulcis antennariis brevibus. Antenne
basi tectz, 1l-articulate, clava biarticulata. Prothorax transversus,
antice sinuatus, lateribus serrulatis haud dilatatis. Elytra convexa,
parallela, haud marginata. Zibie sublineares, breviter calcarate ;
tarsis brevibus. Corpus subangustatum, convexum,

This genus has very nearly the characters of Colobicus, but it is a
narrower and more convex form, and differs essentially in the mar-
gins of the prothorax and elytra not being dilated.

Celia rugosa, (Pl. VIII. fig. 6.)

C. fusca; corpore infra, ES labro pedibusque ferrugineis.
Hab. Mysol.

Dark brown, with a few whitish scattered sete; head sparingly
punctured, its anterior border and tip ferruginous ; antennze ferruginous,
with the two basal joints incrassate, the third nearly as long as the
following three joints together, the last two joints forming a loose
rounded club ; prothorax very coarsely and closely punctured, the sides
serrulate and not dilated; elytra convex, striate-punctate, the punc-
tures large and confluent, the interstices with a smaller line of punc-
tures, which are not confluent except in a slight degree with those in

‘the striz ; body beneath ferruginous, rather sparsely punctured ; legs
ferruginous; tibize sublinear, shortly spurred ; tarsi short. Length 13
line,

Burata.

Caput breve, ab oculis rotundatum. Antenne basi tects, 10-articulate,
clava articulo unico rotundato. Prothorax quadratus, haud marginatus.
Elytra parallela. Tibie antics et intermediz subtrigonatz, postice
fusiformes, breviter calcaratee, Zarsi breves. Corpus angustum, paral-
lelum, setosum.

A narrower and more convex form than Synchita, Hellw., to
which it is very nearly allied, but without the marginal dilatation of
the prothorax of that genus. The posterior coxe are rather more
remote than usual, but the triangular form of the interfemoral
process leaves no doubt as to its subfamily. There is no antennal
groove.

Bupala pullata. (Pl. VIII. fig. 3.)

B. rufo-brunnea, opaca, elytris pedibusque dilutioribus.
Hab, Saylee.

Reddish brown, opake ; elytra, legs, and antennze pale; head short,
transverse, rounded anteriorly, rough with short scaly sete ; lip trans-
verse, rounded in front ; mandibles entire at the apex; maxillary lobes
subequal ; mentum quadrangular, narrower anteriorly ; labrum subqua-

126 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

drate, narrowed behind, fringed with short hairs anteriorly, its palpi in-
serted towards the centre; antenne ten-jointed, slightly concealed at
the base, the first and second joints incrassate, the remainder to the
ninth shortly transverse, the tenth forming a solid, rounded club; pro-
thorax quadrate, or nearly so, with short, erect sete ; scutellum small,
punctiform; elytra not broader than the prothorax, slightly depressed, the
sides parallel, each with five rows of erect setee, between each of which
are two other rows of smaller sete ; body beneath reddish brown, the
abdomen with short scattered hairs; tibze subtrigonate, shortly spurred ;
tarsi very short, especially of the anterior pair. Length 1} line.

CaproDEs.

Caput breve, transversum, Antenne basi tecte, 11-articulate, articulis
duobus basalibus incrassatis, clava biarticulata, sulcis antennariis bre-
vibus. Prothorax convexus, subquadratus, lateribus dentato-setosis.
Elytra convexa, parallela, Tibie fusiformes, inermes. Corpus breviter
convexum, parallelum, setosum.

A more convex form than Synchita, to which it appears to me to be
the most nearly related of all the genera of this subfamily, but from
which it differs in the eleven-jointed antenne and in the fusiform
tibiee. The head in both is very short, a little elevated before the
eyes, above the insertion of the antenne, and then terminating in a
straight line, to which the narrow but well-developed lip is attached.
The specimen now in my collection is the only one I have seen.
Mr. Wallace informs me that it was taken at the lamp.

Caprodes asper. (Pl. VIII. fig. 4.)

C. fuscus, rude punctatus; prothoracis lateribus, labro, antennis pedibus-
que ferrugineis.
Hab. Saylee.
Dark brown, coarsely punctured and covered with rather long, stiff,
erect setze; head short, transverse, very rugose; lip narrow, smooth ;
mandibles simple at the apex, but with a strong tooth internally; an-
tenne ferruginous, only slightly covered at the base, 11-jointed, the
two basal joints incrassate, the remainder, except the two last, which
form a rounded, depressed club, shortly obconical ; antennary grooves
short; prothorax convex, subquadrate, slightly transverse, the sides
ferruginous anteriorly, not dilated, but very distinctly toothed, each
tooth bearing a slender seta; scutellum punctiform; elytra scarcely
broader than the prothorax, short, convex, rugosely impressed, the
sides very slightly rounded; body beneath chestnut-red, sparingly punc-
tured, those on the metasternum fewer and longer, fourth abdominal
segment shorter than the three preceding segments ; legs ferruginous ;
tibize fusiform, sparingly setose ; tarsi rather slender. Length 1} line.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace. 127
Distaphyla Wallacer.

D. cylindrica, obscure fusca ; prothorace lobis irregulariter divisis ; spatio
discali angusto, levissimo, postice canaliculato.
Hab, Mysol.

Cylindrical, dull brown, covered with scattered, whitish, setose scales;
head subtriangular, very concave above and behind the eyes; antenne
short, pitchy ; prothorax covered with large, coarse tubercles, the lobes
strongly separated in front, but slightly separated above; a narrow and
very smooth and glossy space on the disk, which is drawn out or be-
comes canaliculate behind, and extends nearly to the base; an elliptic,
shining excavation on each side, which communicates with the trans-
verse fissure behind the lobes; elytra seriate-punctate, with the scales
in lines; body beneath dark brown, with large coarse punctures, each
containing a whitish scale, the last two abdominal segments smooth ;
legs pitchy. Length 23 lines.

Thave already stated that Distaphyla is synonymous with Ogcodera
(Dej.). Two species are mentioned in that author’s “Catalogue,”
from Cayenne and Carthagena respectively ; whether either of these
is referable to any of the three species described by me from the
Amazon valley I do not know, but, as one of the most remarkable
genera among the Coleoptera, we might have expected it would have
had a comparatively limited range. I was therefore somewhat
surprised to find this very distinct species in Mr. Wallace’s collection
from Mysol, an island about one degree west of the northern portion
of New Guinea. Motschoulsky, in his‘ Etudes’ for 1855, p. 18, men-
tions ‘‘ a very singular genus of Colydiide with the cylindrical habit
of Anobium, and the tuberculate and rugose sculpture of Dictyalotus ;
the posterior part of the head is marked with two large protuber-
ances:” he calls it Colydodes gibbiceps. As he refers the two “ pro-
tuberances ”’ to the head, we cannot in charity suppose that it has
anything to do with Distaphyla. I only allude to it here to inquire if
the sort of “‘ honourable mention” quoted above is sufficient to con-
stitute a description giving it the right to the protection of the law of
priority ? Distaphyla Wallace? is at once distinguished by the sides
of its prothorax being parallel; this gives it a more perfectly cylin-
drical outline than is possessed by the other species. It has also a
more triangular head ; and the deep excavation at the inner side and
behind the eye forms a sort of peduncle to that organ—a structure
which is remarkably developed in the allied genus Acropis. Dista-
phyla speculifera makes also a slight approach to the same structure.

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128 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

XUTHIA.

Caput insertum, transversum, antice rotundatum. Antenne basi tecte,
11-articulatz, clava biarticulata, sulcis antennariis nullis. Prothorax
subquadratus, utrinque bicostatus, lateribus anguste marginatis, crenu-
latis. Elytra costata, parallela, convexa. Tibie trigonate, calcaratee.
Tarsi breves. Corpus angustum, subcylindricum.

There is very little to distinguish this genus from Bitoma, with
which indeed it agrees in all its essential characters; but the narrower
and more cylindrical form, stronger and more trigonate tibix, and
shorter tarsi give it an aspect so different as, it appears to me, to
warrant its generic separation. It is difficult to distinguish the
species by description beyond the colour, which appears, in several
specimens of two of the species, to be pretty constant; of the
third species (Xuthia maura) I have only one specimen. The pro-
thorax appears to have been clothed with fine, numerous but scat-
tered hairs.

Xuthia siccana, (Pl. VIII. fig. 1.)

X. vix elongata, fusco-ferruginea ; elytris dilutioribus ; antennis pedibus-
que rufo-ferrugineis,
Hab. Macassar.

Scarcely elongate, dull brownish ferruginous, much lighter on the
elytra; head transverse, rounded anteriorly, coarsely granulate, lip very
transverse, slightly emarginate ; mandibles bifid at the apex ; mentum
transverse, labrum roundish anteriorly and fringed; maxillary lobes
small, the inner very narrow ; labial palpi with the terminal joint stout,
truncate, the maxillary palpi with the terminal joint short and obliquely
truncate; antenne as long as the head, ferruginous, shining, the first
two joints incrassate, the last two forming a compact, shortly ovate
club; prothorax nearly quadrate, coarsely granulate, with two rather
slightly elevated costs on each side, the inner very much converging
at the base and hooked inwards anteriorly ; scutellum small, quadrate ;
elytra with five well-marked carine (including the sutural), the inter-
vals with a double row of deep, square punctures; body beneath dark
ferruginous, very coarsely punctured ; legs reddish ferruginous ; tibice
short, trigonate, calcarate ; tarsi with the three basal joints very short.
Length 1; line.

Xuthia rufina.
X. modice elongata, ferruginea; antennis pedibusque concoloribus.
Hab. Macassar.
Closely resembles the last; but the elytra are decidedly longer
and concolorous, and the body beneath is a little more finely
punctured.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. 129

Xuthia maura.

X, angustior, fusca ; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.

Hab. Morty.

Also very nearly allied to the first species, but considerably nar-
rower, with the cost on the prothorax and elytra more decided, the
colour a very dark brown, nearly black, with the antenne and legs
ferruginous.

These three forms of Xuthia are much too nearly allied to be con-
sidered ‘undoubtedly distinct,” but, in the absence of intermediate
varieties, they are sufficiently marked to deserve a place in our
catalogues.

Ez.

Caput breve, transversum, antice marginatum. Antenne basi tecte,
10-articulatz, articulo basali incrassato, ceeteris sensim crassioribus,
ultimo rotundato compresso, Prothorax subquadratus, antice paulo
sinuatus, Elytra parallela. Tibie subtrigonate, calcarate ; tarsis gra-
cilibus. Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, levigatum.

A single minute species, having a strong general resemblance to
Cerylon, constitutes this genus. Its characters, however, place it
with the Synchitine, from all the genera of which it differs in its
ten-jointed antenne, gradually enlarging upwards. For the present
its affinities must be left in doubt.

Eba cerylonoides, (Pl. VIII. fig. 7.)

E. rufo-testaceum, nitidum ; oculis nigris,
Hab, Saylee.

Oblong, subdepressed, reddish testaceous, shining; head strongly
punctured, short, transverse, with a margin which is somewhat re-
flected anteriorly and hiding the lip; eyes black; antenne 10-jointed,
slightly covered at the insertion, the basal joint slightly incrassate, the
remainder to the ninth inclusive shortly obconical and gradually in-
creasing in breadth, the tenth paler, about equal in length and breadth,
and slightly pointed; prothorax nearly quadrate, not very closely
punctured ; scutellum very transverse; elytra as wide as the prothorax,
strongly seriate-punctate ; body beneath testaceous, shining ; tibize sub-
trigonate, shortly spurred ; tarsi rather slender. Length 3 line.

Phormesa prolata.
Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 102 (Bitoma).—Batchian.

The addition of five new species to this genus (Phormesa) brings
the number up, with those previously published belonging to Mr.
Wallace’s collections, to eight. The following table will show their

principal distinctive characters.
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130 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

With two costs on each side of the prothorax, the
inner forming a loop posteriorly.
Outer costa entire, strongly marked.

Space between the two inner cost and the pos-
terior loops simply granulate.

Margins of the prothorax regularly crenate.... P. heros, n.s.
Margins of the prothorax irregularly rugose.
Coste of the elytra strongly crenate ...... P. prolata, Pase.
Costee of the elytra feebly crenate.......... P, varia, 0. 8.
Space between the two inner cost and the loops
with two longitudinal raised lines ........ -. PB. nana, n. 8.
Outer costa interrupted, feebly marked.
Prothorax broadest before the middle ....... ... P. lunaris, Pase.
Prothorax broadest behind the middle.
Margins of the prothorax regularly lobed «... P. mornata, Pase.
Margins of the prothorax nearly entire ...... P. detracta, n. 8.
With one costa only on each side ..........eeeeaee P. elevata, n. 8.

I have four more species belonging to this genus in my collection ;
in none of these does the inner costa form a complete loop, although
in all it doubles back more or less posteriorly. All the species have
five costee on each elytron, the intervals being marked with a double
row of large, squarish punctures.

Phormesa heros.
P. fusca; prothorace marginibus regulariter crenatis, utrinque bicostato,
costa exteriore integra, valida; elytris obscure luteo maculatis.
Hab. Dorey ; Morty.

Moderately broad, dark brown, opaque; head thickly granulose ;
prothorax roughly granulate, the sides slightly rounded, the margins
minutely but very distinctly and regularly crenate, the external costa
strongly marked, the inner forming a large loop posteriorly which ex-
tends nearly to the base ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra oblong, scarcely
broader than the prothorax, the costs strongly marked and crenate,
with large, deep punctures in a double row between them; body be-
neath chestnut-brown, granulate; legs and antennee dark chestnut-red.
Length 21 lines.

The largest of the genus, and best distinguished from Phormesa
prolata by the regular crenatures of the margins of the prothorax,
contrasted with their confusedly rugose appearance in that species.

Phormesa varia.

P. fusco-ferruginea; prothorace marginibus lineato-rugosis, utrinque
bicostato, costa exteriore integra ; elytris ferrugineo variegatis, costis
leviter crenatis.

Hab, Amboyna.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. 131

Moderately broad, ferruginous brown; head rather narrow, closely
granulate; prothorax ferruginous at the sides, rather finely granulate,
the margin slightly rounded, with a narrow elevated rugose line, as if
composed of small confluent granules, the external costa entire, the
inner forming an oblong loop posteriorly ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra
oblong, not broader than the prothorax, the cost finely crenate, a large,
irregular ferruginous patch occupying nearly the whole of the basal
half, and an irregular curved band near the apex of the same colour ;
body beneath reddish chesnut with closely-set oblong granulations ;
legs and antenne ferruginous. Length 1} line. .

In addition to the characters given in the table, this species is
further distinguished from its allies by its smaller size, lighter
colour, and the lengthened loop of the inner costa of the prothorax,
which is fully one-half as long as the enclosed space formed by those
inner costee.

Phormesa nana.

P, subfusca; prothorace marginibus crenatis, costa exteriore integra, in-
teriore antice incurva.
Hab. Amboyna.

Moderately broad, dusky brown; head scarcely dilated below the
eyes, granulate; prothorax scarcely granulate, the margins finely cre-
nate and scarcely rounded at the sides, the external costa very strongly
marked, the inner in addition to the posterior loop incurved anteriorly,
so as to form a second loop, both loops distinct from those of the oppo-
site side; elytra with slightly crenate cost, the intervals with a double
row of punctures; body beneath dark ferruginous, minutely punctured ;
legs and antenn ferruginous. Length 1 line,

This is the smallest species of the genus, and well distinguished
by the prothoracic costz.

Phormesa lunaris.
Pascoe, ante, p. 32.—Dorey.

Phormesa inornata.
Pascoe, ante, p. 32.—Dorey.

Phormesa detracta.

P. fusea; prothorace marginibus subintegris, utrinque bicostato, costa
exteriore interrupta, haud distincta.
Hab. Mysol.
Moderately broad, dark brown; head granulate, broad, expanding
below the eyes; prothorax rather finely granulate, the sides not lobed
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132 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

slightly elevated granules, which is interrupted in the middle, the inner
costa forming posteriorly a triangular loop, the interval between the two
loops forming alozenge-shaped space ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra as
broad as the prothorax, with crenate coste, the intervals so impressed as
to form three lines of oblong elevations; body beneath rufous brown,
finely punctured ; antenne and legs ferruginous. Length 13 line.

The triangular form of the posterior loops, which are confluent at
one of their angles, thus forming a lozenge-shaped space at the
base, will readily distinguish this species.

Phormesa elevata. ;
P. fusca; prothorace costa exteriore obsoleta, interiore postice breviter
incurva.
Hab, Macassay.

Rather broad and convex, especially posteriorly, dark brown; head
broad, dilated below the eyes, granulate; prothorax granulate, rounded
at the sides with an obscurely rugose margin, no external costa, internal
costa simply incurved posteriorly, not forming a loop; scutellum punc-
tiform ; elytra rather broader than the prothorax, strongly costate, the
inner and second costée depressed near the base, the intervals with ob-
scure transverse impressions, three or four ill-defined luteous bands on
the disk; body beneath dark ferruginous; legs and antenne ferruginous.
Length 13 line.

A very distinct species. The absence of the external costa,
together with the internal costa not forming a loop, will distinguish
it from all Phormese hitherto described, as well as some others in
my collection, in which the last-mentioned character is also present.

GEMPYLODES.

Cuput exsertum, oblongum. Antenne basi tectee, 11-articulate, haud
clavate, articulo basali brevi, vix incrassato, tertio longiore, ceeteris
gradatim crassioribus. Oculi prominuli, integri. Prothorax elon-
gatus, basi constrictus, medio canaliculatus vel suleatus. Elytra cylin-
drica, carinata, apice declivia. Tibie trigonate, calcarate. Tarst
elongati. Corpus angustum, elongatum.

Erichson has described in very few words a genus from Madagascar
named Mecedanum, evidently allied to this, but which, I think, will
be found to differ in the character of its prothorax ; and, according
to the deseription, in the antenne fringed with fine hairs, and in the
greater length of the basal joint of the tarsi. Colydiwm is also
another genus to which this is allied. I have another species,
from Siam, for which I am indebted to the kindness of W. Wilson
Saunders, Esq., which is one of the finest of the Colydians.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. 183

Gempylodes macer. (Pl. VIII. fig. 2.)

G. rufo-brunneus ; prothorace vage punctato, latissime sulcato.
Hab. Batchian.

Rufous brown, clearer on the elytra except towards the apex; head
rather finely punctured, the side reflected upwards over the insertion
of the antenne; eyes rather prominent, transversely oblong, entire;
antenne slightly compressed, 11-jointed, the basal joint short, thick,
the second shorter but less robust, the third twice as long as the
second, the fourth to the tenth gradually becoming shorter and more
and more transverse, the eleventh broadly subovate; prothorax about
twice and a half as long as broad, rather loosely punctured, a broad
groove extending longitudinally the whole length, but rather narrower
anteriorly ; scutellum punctiform; elytra strongly ribbed, the intervals
with two rows of large, deeply impressed punctures, but in the sutural
interval one row only; body beneath yellowish ferruginous, with small
distant punctures on the propectus, coarser on the abdomen, basal
segment with a strong longitudinal keel; antennee brown; legs fer-
ruginous. Length 22 lines.

The Siam Gempylodes mentioned above, besides many other cha-
racters, has only a very narrow impressed line on the prothorax.

Ocholissa humeralis.

O. atra, nitida, macula humerali crocea; antennis tarsisque ferrugineis.
Hab. Saylee; Morty; Mysol; Batchian.

Black, shining; head rather rounded anteriorly, moderately punc-
tured; prothorax nearly quadrate, rather distantly punctured; scu-
tellum broadly transverse; elytra not broader than the prothorax,
seriate-punctate, a large dark-yellow spot on each shoulder; body
beneath dark brown, shining, remotely punctured; legs dark ferru-
ginous brown, the tarsi and antenne a pale ferruginous. Length
1 line.

Extremely like Ocholissa leta (ante, p. 85) from the Amazons.
Besides the difference in colour (and this is variable inasmuch as
the elytra are sometimes entirely black), the head is more rounded
in front, and the prothorax is slightly contracted posteriorly.

Nematidium posticum.

N. ferrugineum; fronte leviter convexa; elytris singulis postice bi-
cristatis.
Hab. Sarawak.

Linear, ferruginous; head slightly convex, finely punctured; eyes of
moderate size, not prominent; prothorax twice as long as broad, the
sides nearly parallel, the disk with many oblong punctures; scutellum
triangular; elytra elongate, punctate-striate, the third and seventh

134 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

strie respectively rising posteriorly into a short but strongly marked
ridge, the outermost only extending to the apex; body beneath pitchy
brown, moderately punctured; antenne, palpi, and legs ferruginous.
Length 3 lines.

The two very prominent ridges on the declivous apex of each
elytron at once separate this species from its Brazilian congeners.

TruRis.

Caput subquadratum, lateribus elevatis. Antenne basi tectee, 11-articu-
latee, clava triarticulata, submoniliformi. Palpi breves, apice trun-
cato. Prothorax subquadratus, quadricostatus. Elytra parallela, cari-
nata. TZibie trigonatee, breviter calcarate. Tarst articulis tribus
primis brevissimis. Corpus breviter subcylindricum.

This genus has a very close general resemblance to Hulachus, Er.,
and appears to differ from it only in the three-jointed club of the
antenne and in the very short basal joints of the tarsi. From
Colydium, which has also a three-jointed club, it is separated by its
ribbed prothorax, short tarsi, and other characters.

Ithris decisa. (Pl. VIII. fig. 9.)

I. rufo-brunnea, opaca; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.
Hab. Sarawak.

Reddish brown, opaque; head subquadrate, raised at the side ante-
riorly, and forming a thin plate over the antennz, the front remotely
granulate; eyes rather large, prominent; antennz 11-jointed, the two
basal joints incrassate, the six following more or less transverse, the last
three forming a stout submoniliform club, which is above a third of
the length of the antenna; prothorax subquadrate, a little longer than
broad, the front somewhat produced, the posterior margin rounded,
the sides nearly parallel, crenate, the disk with four longitudinal cost,
the two central approximating at the base, the intervals remotely
granulate; elytra not broader than the prothorax, the sides parallel,
with four stout carinz on each, their edges crenate, the intervals with
a double row of squarish punctures; tibize trigonate, shortly spurred ;
tarsi with the first three joints very short; body beneath ferruginous,
slightly punctured, the abdomen with short elevated lines. Length
1 line.

Petalophora brevimana.

Pascoe, ante, p. 37.—Sarawak.

Metopiestes hirtifrons.
Pascoe, ante, p. 38.—Dorey.

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr, A. R. Wallace. 135

Metopiestes castaneus.

M. rufo-castaneus, nitidus; fronte subplana, punctata; prothorace di-
stincte punctato,
Hab. Mysol.

Subcylindrical, reddish chestnut, shining; head rather flattish in
front, with closely set, small, round punctures ; prothorax rather longer
than broad, very concave, contracted posteriorly, with small, oblong,
rather distant punctures, a short semicircular elevated line at the base ;
scutellum rounded or punctiform, small, but very distinct; elytra
parallel, with five very strongly marked caring on each, the interstices
nearly impunctate; antennz and legs ferruginous. Length 23 lines.

Differs from Metopiestes hirtifrons in being smaller and less robust,
without hairs on the front, and in its rounded (not oblong or ovate)
scutellum.

Metopiestes erosus. (Pl. VIII. fig. 11.)

M. fuscus, subopacus; fronte excavata, griseo hirta; prothorace leviter
oblongipunctato,
Hab, Batchian.

Subcylindrical, dark brown, nearly opaque; head hollowed out in
front, the hollow very clearly limited above by a rounded line sepa-
‘rating it from the vertex, the interior irregularly granulated and filled
with scattered greyish hairs; prothorax considerably longer than
broad, convex, scarcely contracted behind, covered with closely set,
minute, oblong punctures ; scutellum punctiform; elytra parallel, with
five rather strongly marked carinze on each, the interstices impunctate ;
legs and antenne reddish chestnut, shining. Length 13 line.

The smallest and, proportionally, the slenderest of the three
species, and otherwise well characterized by its longer and finely-
punctured prothorax, and the very remarkable excavation which
occupies nearly the whole of the space between the eyes and the lip.
This character is probably sexual, the presence of hairs distinguish-
ing only the males,

Machlotes incisus.

M. rufo-fuscus, opacus; prothorace utrinque tricostato, sulcis nitidis,
basi costis duabus latis; elytris sulcatis, sulcis biseriatim punctatis.
Hab. Morty.

Dull reddish brown; head coarsely punctured; prothorax half as
long again as broad, narrowed behind, truncate and a little gibbous in
front, slightly rounded at the sides, the anterior angles prominent, the
disk with three very broad costz on each side, which are interrupted
posteriorly by a deep irregular cleft completely dividing all but the
external costa on each side, the two intermediate costz of the basal

136 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidx

portion as broad as the corresponding coste of the anterior portion,
the sulci between them smooth and shining; scutellum punctiform ;
elytra elongate-ovate, broadly sulcated, the sulcations with a double
row of strong punctures, the interstices sharply raised; body beneath
chestnut-brown, with large, crowded, shallow punctures, each furnished
with a greyish seta; palpi pale ferruginous, Length 13 line.

The principal differences between this species and Machlotes por-
catus (ante, p. 36) are, that in the latter the posterior portion of the
two intermediate costa is contracted, so as to form a sort of bifid or
bilobed tubercle, the coste being also much narrower and the
intervals between them opaque, and the single row of squarish
punctures pitting the sulcations on the elytra. My specimen is the
only one I have seen.

Bothrideres marginatus.

B. elongato-ovatus, fuscus, subopacus; prothorace reticulato-punctato,
disco linea parallelogrammum includente impressa, lateribus canali-<
culatis.

Hab. Sarawak.

Elongate-ovate, dark brown, subopaque; head convex in front,
closely punctured; prothorax about equal in length and breadth,
rounded at the sides, contracted posteriorly, very closely punctured,
the punctures rather large and having a reticulated appearance, the
disk with an impressed line, including a squarish space, and opening
out into three short canals posteriorly, a narrow groove on each side
near the margin; scutellum small, triangular; elytra with five raised
lines on each, the intervals with two lines of punctured strive; body
beneath dark brown, coarsely punctured on the sterna, more finely and
remotely on the abdomen; antennz and legs dark brown; palpi in-
clining to testaceous. Length 23 lines.

The impressed line including a parallelogrammical space on the
prothorax, and the reticulated appearance caused by the closely-set
punctures around it will readily distinguish this species, which
otherwise has a considerable resemblance to Bothrideres dllusus,
Newm., an Australian form.

Bothrideres insularis.

B. subangustus, fusco-castaneus, nitidus ; prothorace subtilissime punc-
tato, disco linea parallelogrammum includente impressa, lateribus mar-
ginatis.

Hab. Mysol.
Rather narrowly oblong, dark chestnut, shining; head convex in

front, moderately punctured; prothorax about equal in length and
breadth, the sides rounded, and contracted behind, minutely punctured,

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. — 137

the disk with a strongly impressed line, including a squarish space,
and opening out into three short canals posteriorly, the side slightly
margined and terminating behind in a nearly acute angle; scutellum
triangular; elytra with five narrow raised lines on each, the sutural
one nearly obliterated, the interval with two slightly punctured lines ;
body beneath dark chestnut-brown, with small scattered punctures ;
palpi and antenne at the base ferruginous. Length 2 lines,

Though this species has the same impressed line on its prothorax
as the last, in its outline and glossy surface it is more akin to the
Australian Bothrideres anaglypticus, Germ., but is less depressed, and
the sides of the elytra more parallel. The two following species are
provisionally assumed to be aberrant members of the group.

Bothrideres rhysodoides.
Pascoe, ante, p. 35.—Dorey.

Bothrideres nocturnus.
Pascoe, ante, p. 35.—Dorey.

Dastarcus confinis.
Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 108.—Dorey.

Dastarcus vetustus.

D. oblongo-ovatus, fuscus; prothorace antice subrotundato, postice paulo
constricto; elytris punctato-sulcatis, punctis magnis, interstitiis seri-
atim griseo squamosis, postice obsolete emarginatis.

Hab. Ceram.

Oblong-ovate, dark brown; head small, rather remotely punctato-
squamose ; basal joint of the antennze ferruginous; prothorax gradually
rounded anteriorly, slightly contracted at the base, covered with erect
greyish scales; elytra moderately convex, very slightly emarginate
posteriorly, punctato-sulcate, the punctures large and oblong, the inter-
stices with mostly a single row of greyish scales; body beneath dark
brown, subnitid, with coarse remote punctures; tarsi ferruginous,
shining. Length 4 lines,

Smaller and less robust than Dasturcus confinis, the scales on the
elytra mostly in single rows, and with only a faint trace of the deep
emargination which characterizes that species.

Dastarcus pusillus.

D, oblongo-ovatus, fuscus; prothorace lateribus subrotundatis, postice
vix constricto ; elytris basin versus elevatis, postice obsolete emargi-
natis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis serlatim griseo squamosis.

Hab. Ceram.

138 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiidee

Oblong-ovate, dark brown; head punctato-squamose; antennz and
palpi ferruginous; prothorax slightly rounded at the sides, scarcely
contracted at the base, covered with erect greyish scales; elytra a little
raised towards the base, very slightly emarginate near the apex, punc-
tato-sulcate, the interstices with scattered greyish scales; body beneath
dark brown, subnitid, with a few large punctures; legs reddish pitchy.
Length 2+ lines.

The small size and “ peaked ”’ elytra will distinguish this species.
Besides the three members of this genus described in this work and
the typical Dastarcus porosus of Mr. Walker, I have also three very
distinct species from India, and a fourth, which, however, departs
in some respects from the usual characters of the genus, from Fiji.

Trachypholis equalis.

T. parallelo-oblonga, fusca, opaca, squamis albescentibus parce -tecta;
antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.
Hab. Timor.

Parallelo-oblong, dark brown, opaque, rather sparsely covered with
very small, erect whitish scales; head rounded anteriorly; prothorax
very transverse (twice as broad as long); elytra with the scales scarcely
arranged in lines; body beneath black, subopaque, with appressed,
greyish sete ; antenn and legs ferruginous, covered with pale greyish-
white sete. Length 3 lines.

Trachypholis, Er. (Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iti. p. 257) is synony-
mous with Tarphiodes, § I., Woll. (huj. op. i. p. 372). The first-
mentioned author compares it to Colobicus, the latter to Tarphius,
at the same time placing with it, but under another section (“ sub-
genus” Tarphiosoma), Tarphiodes Indicus, which I regard as being
generically very distinct, and to which the name of Tarphiosoma may
be applied. It will be seen that I have placed Tvrachypholis with
the Bothriderine, although the posterior coxe are only moderately
apart and the basal segment of the abdomen is only a degree larger
than the second ; but its affinity to Dastarcus on the one hand, and
through Tarphiosoma to Tarphius on the other, is too evident to
admit of any other location. It is, however, to be observed that
Erichson places the latter genus with the Synchitine, notwithstand-
ing that its posterior coxee are widely remote. The species described
above is characterized principally by its dull, opaque colour and the
more regular distribution of its scales, which are scarcely arranged
in lines on the elytra as in four other species now before me, The
late M. Mouhot sent to this country a considerable number of in-
dividuals of a species of this genus, which, through the kindness of

collected in the Indian Islands by Mr. A. R. Wallace. 139

Dr. Schaum in transmitting the original specimen, I have been able
to identify with the second species from Siam mentioned by Erich-
son. The Opatrum hispidum, Weber, the type of the genus, is un-
known to me, but may possibly be identical with 7’. Bowringiz, Woll.

Chorites aspis*.
Pascoe, huj. op. 1. p. 115,—Sarawak.

Chorites latus.
C. late ellipticus, niger, griseo-nigro squamatus; prothoracis lateribus
integris; elytris medio elevatis vel gibbosis.
Hab. Singapore.

Broadly elliptic, black, with greyish and black erect scales ; prothorax
entire towards the side or only very slightly concave ; elytra strongly
elevated or gibbous in the middle; legs and antennze dark ferruginous.
Length 23 lines.

Very nearly allied to Chorites aspis, differing principally in its
greater breadth, more entire prothorax, and elytra culminating less
obtusely in the centre.

Chorites oblongus.
C. oblongo-ovatus, niger, griseo squamatus; prothorace utrinque exca-
-vato, margine reflexo,
Hab, Macassar.

Oblong-ovate, black, with mostly greyish scales; prothorax very
concave at the sides, the margin reflexed ; scutellum small, triangular ;
elytra moderately convex, and only slightly gibbous in the middle ;
antenne and legs dark ferruginous. Length 2 lines.

This species approaches T’rachypholis in its oblong outline and
margined prothorax, but in other characters it agrees better with
Chorites.

Hyberis araneiformis.

Pascoe, huj. op. i. p. 113.—Sarawak.
Hyberis Wallacei. (Pl. VIII. fig. 5.)

H. oblongo-ovatus, niger, subnitidus, tuberculo-setosus; prothorace haud
fasciculato, lateribus dentato-serratis.
Hab. Sarawak.
Oblong-ovate, black, somewhat shining, roughly tuberculate with
short black setose hairs; head with very large closely-set tubercles ;
prothorax rather broader than long, with about a dozen short teeth on

_* The following diagnosis will serve for this species :—
C. elliptivo-ovatus, niger, griseo squamatus; prothorace utrinque leviter excavato,
margine haud reflexo.

140 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Colydiide

each side, the disk simply tuberculato-setose; elytra broadest in the
middle, the edges tuberculate, the tubercles arranged in rows on the
disk, two small buff-coloured fascicles of hairs at the base of each
elytron and two more towards the apex; body beneath dull black, with
grey sete; antenne and legs black, setose, tarsi ferruginous. Length
34 lines.
A fine and very distinct species, differing in many respects from
Hyberis araneéiformis, as a comparison of the descriptions of the two
will show. I have another species, from Java.

ATYSCUS.

Caput immersum, subquadratum. Antenne setigeree, basi tectse, 10-arti-
culate, articulis basalibus haud incrassatis, clava articulo unico oyvato.
Prothorax transversus, antice bisinuatus postice constrictus, lateribus
rotundatis, crenato-setosis. Elytra ovata, convexa. Pedes elongati,
tibiis fusiformibus, setigeris, ¢arsis gracilibus. Corpus ovatum, con-
vexum, setoso-squamosum.

The club of the antenne in this genus appears to be composed of
only one joint, as in Apeistus and Hyberis. From the latter of these
genera Atyscus differs in the margins of the prothorax not being
toothed, in its sete assuming more the character of scales, and in the
absence of tubercles. The eyes, as in Hyberis, are not, or only
very sparsely, setose. In Trachypholis and Chorites they are com-
pletely so.

Atyscus arqutus. (Pl. VIII. fig. 8.)

A, latus, fuscus, griseo squamatus; elytris breviter ovatis, basi vix con-
strictis, lateribus subparallelis.
Hab. Tondano.

Broadly ovate, dark brown, covered with small, greyish, squamiform
hairs; head subquadrate; antennze 10-jointed, the first three joints of
nearly equal size, the remainder, except the last, shorter and more or less
obconic, furnished with a whorl of stiff setee, the tenth ovate, but not
thicker than the others ; eyes round, not setose ; prothorax transverse,
the sides rounded, with a fringe of stiff scales; scutellum small, dis-
tinct; elytra short, scarcely contracted at the base, the sides nearly
parallel, the disk with the scales arranged in rows; body beneath dark
brown, subnitid, with small oblong raised lines; legs dark brown,
fringed ; tarsi slender, ferruginous. Length 23 lines.

Atyscus squalidus.

A, oblongus, fuscus, griseo squamatus ; elytris ovatis, lateribus rotundatis.

Hab, Sarawak.
Oblong-ovate, dark brown, with small squamiform hairs; head with

collected in the Indian Islands by My. A. R. Wallace. 141

small, flattish granules in front; prothorax short and very transverse,
much contracted behind, the sides rounded, closely fringed with stout,
stiff setee; scutellum very small but distinct; elytra ovate, contracted
at the base, rounded at the sides, the squame arranged in lines; body
beneath dark brown, closely punctured; legs and antennee ferruginous.
Length 13 line.

A much narrower insect than the last, the elytra more rounded at

the sides, &c. In both the scales or sete are arranged in rather
numerous lines on the elytra.

Minthea similata.

MM. brunnea ; capite lateribus integris ; prothorace medio depresso ; elytris
vage seriatim squamosis.
Hab. Saylee.

Reddish brown; head broadly triangular with greyish scales, the
sides entire; prothorax somewhat broader than the head anteriorly,
narrower behind, depressed in the middle, with scattered greyish scales;
scutellum minute; elytra a little broader than the prothorax, with
greyish erect scales arranged in a few distant but very distinct rows ;
body beneath reddish brown, finely punctured ; legs and antennz red-
dish brown. Length 1 line.

The characters of Minthea are given at page 97 of this volume.
The species there described from the Amazons is exceedingly like the
present, differing principally in the longer terminal joint of the an-
tenne and more convex prothorax.

Minthea dentata, (Pl. VII. fig. 10.)

M. fulvo-brunnea; capite lateribus tridentatis; elytris subtiliter squa-
mosis.
Hab. Xulla.

Pale reddish or fulvous brown; head broadly triangular, the side above
and below the eye terminating in three large recurved teeth; prothorax
broader than the head, covered with small, erect, greyish scales ; elytra
slightly broader than the prothorax, rather closely covered with small
greyish scales not arranged in definite lines ; body beneath finely punc-
tured; legs and antenne yellowish ferruginous. Length 1} line.

A very remarkable species on account of the singular toothed sides
of the head; the first of these teeth is directly above the eye, the
two others occupying the rest of the space below it. In Minthea
similata the club is about a quarter of the entire length of the an-
tenna, in this species it is at least a third of the length.

142 Colydiidee collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace.

Penthelispa morio.

P, fusca, nitida; prothorace subdepresso, medio longitudinaliter levigato,
modice punctato, angulis anticis haud productis, lateribus leviter ro-
tundatis.

Hab. Mysol.

Dark brown, shining (in one specimen ferruginous) ; head moderately
punctured ; prothorax rather depressed, a smooth longitudinal space on
the posterior two-thirds of the disk, each side of this space with a con-
cave line with moderate-sized but very distinct punctures, the anterior
angles not produced, the sides slightly rounded ; scutellum small, tri-
angular ; elytra striato-punctate, the punctures oblong, the sides nearly
parallel; body beneath dark brown, shining with coarse scattered punc-
tures; antennee dark brown; legs dark ferruginous. Length 13 line.

I only know of one other Asiatic Penthelispa (an undescribed spe-
cies from Ceylon), which, inter alia, differs in having no smooth space
on the prothorax.

Cerylon punctipenne.

C. oblongum, convexum, rufo-ferrugineum; prothorace antrorsum an-
gustato, lateribus rotundatis, vage et fortiter punctato; elytris ovatis,
fortiter seriatim punctatis.

Hab. Morty.

Size and form of Cerylon histeroides, but more convex, and reddish
ferruginous, the prothorax strongly and remotely punctured, the scu-
tellum transversely triangular ; elytra more ovate and bearing a smaller
proportion to the rest of the body, the punctures very coarse and ar-
ranged in rather distant lines; the tibize, especially the anterior, very
much dilated at the distal extremity. Differs from Cerylon orientale,
Motsch., in its greater convexity, larger prothorax more rounded at the
sides, elytra more ovate and more coarsely punctured, &c. Length
1} line.

Cerylon pusillum.

C. oblongum, subparallelum, ferrugineum, nitidum; prothorace amplo,
modice punctato; elytris striato-punctatis, striis basin versus incurvatis.

Hab. Mysol.

Oblong, nearly parallel, ferruginous, shining; head rather finely punc-
tured ; prothorax moderately punctured, as broad as the elytra at the
base, the sides rounded ; scutellum transversely scutiform ; elytra nearly
parallel at the sides, striate-punctate, the strize at the base curving
inwards towards the scutellum ; body beneath ferruginous, nearly im-
punctate ; tarsi much dilated at the distal extremity, antenne and legs
pale ferruginous. Length % line.

The stric of the elytra curving gradually inwards towards the
scutellum will readily distinguish this species from any other known
to me.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 148
EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII.

Fig. 1. Xuthia siccana. 1a, trophi. | Fig. 7. Eba cerylonoides.
5, 2. Gempylodes macer. » 8. Atyscus argutus.
», 3. Bupala pullata. » 9 Ithris decisa.
», 4. Caprodes asper. « 10. Minthea dentata.
» 0. Hyberis Wallacet. 5, Ll. Metopiestes erosus.
5, 6. Cebia rugosa. 6 a, trophi. ,», 12. Trophi of Hyberis aranei-
formis.

XIII.—An attempt at a Classification of the Kumolpide.
By J.8. Baty.

Many of the families belonging to the great tribe of Phytophagous
insects are in such a confused and unarranged state as doubtless
to deter many persons from their study; they contain, however,
equally with those better known and more commonly studied,
numberless beautiful and striking forms, which will quite as amply
repay patient investigation. Hoping to draw the attention of other
entomologists to the study of these beautiful insects, I shall attempt,
in the present series of papers, to draw up diagnostic characters of
the numerous genera belonging to the Humolpide, a group of Phyto- °
phaga in which (with the exception, perhaps, of the Gallerucide)
less has been done than any other. The possession of a very large
collection of my own, together with the power of access to the
cabinet of the Rey. H. Clark, who now possesses the fine collections
formerly belonging to MM. Chevrolat and Thomson of Paris, in
addition to those collected by himself in Brazil, places a vast store of
materials within my reach, the whole probably comprising, with few
exceptions, all the known species. With the exception of a small
number of genera formed by Fabricius, Laporte, and other entomolo-
gists, and also a few more recently established by myself in the first
volume of this Journal, scarcely anything has been done to reduce
the group into order or arrangement—all the large collections that
I have had the opportunity of examining having had their species
(nearly all undescribed) placed at random under one or other of the
uncharacterized genera created by Chevrolat and Dejean in the 3rd
edition of the Catalogue published by the latter, a single genus often
containing insects belonging to four or five others, and, on the other
hand, the species belonging to the same genus scattered about and
placed under eight or ten different generic names, no two collections
agreeing either in their nomenclature or arrangement.

The Eumolpide are most nearly allied to the true Chrysomelide,
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144 Mr. J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

and indeed, although their facies is so distinct that (with one or
two exceptions) the merest tyro in entomology could easily separate
the two families, still I know not any one set of characters by which
they can be rigidly divided from each other. Lacordaire, in his
‘Mon. des Phytoph.’ tom. i. p. 1, mentions the bilobed third joint
of the tarsus, taken in connexion with the toothed claw, as being
the distinctive mark of the Eumolpide ; these characters, however,
exist conjointly in Gastrophysa and several allied genera of Chryso-
melide. Dr. Stal (Mon. des Chrysom. de ’Amér. p. 4) points out
the more or less globular anterior cox in the Eumolpide in contra-
distinction to the transverse anterior cox of the true Chrysomelids
as separating the two groups. I myself, about the same time
(Journ. of Entom. tom. i. p. 24), mentioned another character by
which I thought the two groups might be separated, viz. the form of
the anterior episternum *, this part of the body being always trans-
verse in the Chrysomelide, and more or less quadrate or wedge-
shaped in the Eumolpide ; but on close investigation I find that these
two characters, viz. the forms of the cox and episterna, mutually
depend on each other: thus with a transverse coxa the episternum is
confined to the upper edge of the cotyloid cavity, and is necessarily
transverse ; with a subglobular coxa, on the other hand, the epi-
sternum is produced downwards, halfway along the outer border of
the coxa, forming the anterior half of the outer as well as the whole
of the upper edge of the cotyloid cavity. These distinctive characters
have a much wider application than those mentioned by Lacor-
daire, the only exception, as far as my present knowledge extends,
being in the genus Huryope, which, although a true Eumolpidous
form, and agreeing in all other characters with that group, possesses
the episterna and coxee of a Chrysomelidous insect, thus appearing
to unite the two families.
The Eumolpide may be characterized thus :—

Body rotundate, oblong or elongate, more or less cylindrical, generally
glabrous above, at other times clothed with hairs or scales, which are
usually adpressed. Head either moderately exserted or more or less
deeply buried in the anterior cavity of the thorax; face perpendicular ;
antennze simple, rarely shorter than the head and thorax, seldom ex-
ceeding the body in length, filiform or subfiliform, rarely incrassate ;
eyes notched or entire, distant ; mentum short, transverse, frequently
bent upwards into the head, its anterior margin usually emarginate,
ligula corneous ; terminal joints of palpi generally ovate, rarely clavate.

* This part was formerly named by me the antero-lateral process of the ante-
pectus.

Mr. J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide. 145

Thorax usually narrower than the elytra, occasionally equal in width,
or even broader, convex or subcylindrical, in the latter case with the
lateral margin frequently obsolete. Scutellum always distinct. Elytra
usually broader than the thorax, humeral callus rarely prominent,
inflexed border generally oblique, sometimes horizontal, upper surface
punctate-striate or irregularly punctured. Legs moderate in length or
elongate, the anterior pair being generally rather longer and stouter
than the others; anterior coxe subglobular or (Huryope) transverse,
separated by a distinct prosternum; thighs more less incrassate, some-
times armed with a tooth beneath; tibie usually simple, occasionally
notched at their apex, rarely armed with a spine on their outer or inner
edges; third joints of tarsi always bifid; claws appendiculated, toothed
or bifid. Prosternum elongate-oblong or wedge-shaped, sémetimes
transverse ; mesosternum variable in shape, its surface oblique, the apex
being always directed backwards.

The great majority are of brilliant metallic colours, the few non-
metallic species being usually of a dull or sombre hue. They are for
the most part of moderate or small size, a few only ranking with
Doryphora and the larger Phytophaga. They are principally in-
habitants of the warmer parts of the globe, diminishing both in
number and beauty in colder latitudes. South America may perhaps
be considered their great metropolis; I shall not here, however,
enter into their geographical distribution, preferring to make short
remarks on this subject under each subfamily or genus.

Little or nothing is known of their habits; but Mr. Bates, who
has brought a large collection of these insects (now in my posses-
sion) from the Amazons, has kindly favoured me with some notes
on the species collected by himself, which I insert entire in his own
words.

«The Eumolpide of the equatorial parts of South America form
a very conspicuous part of the insect fauna of those countries, not
only from the number of their species and diversity of their forms,
but from the great abundance in which they appear—in other words,
the number of their individuals. In this latter respect they are
exceeded (in the order Coleoptera) only by the Curculionids and the
Gallerucide. The exposed situations in which they are found,
namely, on the leaves of trees, and the brightness of their colours,
also contribute to make them prominent objects in a woodland
ramble. It is worthy of remark, that the closely allied subfamily
Chrysomelide is far inferior in numbers of individuals and species
and diversity of forms in the forests of the Amazons to the Kumol-
pide, whilst in Europe the reverse is the case. Thus the Chryso-

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146 =Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

melide which I collected numbered only 55 species, belonging to
4 genera; whereas the Eumolpide reached the large figure of 250
species, comprising a large number of genera. In Europe this pro-
portion is more than reversed ; for the Chrysomelide number 236
species (11 genera), whilst the Eumolpide are represented only by 18
species (7 genera). The causes of this difference may perhaps lie in
the circumstance that the Chrysomelide feed principally on shrubs,
which form a large proportion of European vegetation, but constitute
a subordinate feature in the equatorial forests, whilst the Eumolpide
live on trees, whose proportion to the shrubby vegetation is immea-
surably greater in the tropical forests than in Europe. Little can
be said regarding the habits of the Eumolpide, all the species being
very similar in their modes of life. A large number of them, how-
ever, seem confined to certain trees ; and it is possible that consider-
able diversity might be found, were the food plants of each kind
well ascertained, and their development from the egg to the perfect
state carefully traced. Many of the larger metallic species are found
only on arborescent Solanacee, or plants of the Potato order, which
grow in all waste places and neglected gardens in the suburbs of
towns and villages. All are gregarious in their habits, like the true
Chrysomelide ; and although they are not so obese in habit and slow
in movement as those insects, they seem to make quite as little use
as these of their power of locomotion. As they do not generally
feign death and drop to the ground on the approach of danger, like
the Clythride and many of the Chrysomelide, and have not the strange
disguises of the Chlamyde, or the tenacity of grasp on foliage of
the Cassididee and Hispidee, or the nimble flight of the Megalopide,
the reason of their existence in such large numbers in situations ex-
posed to the depredations of birds and lizards may perhaps lie in
their having some passive means of defence of which we are at pre-
sent ignorant.”

I propose breaking up the family into a number of subfamilies,
founded rather on natural affinity than on technical characters.

Division I. Anterior episterna variable in shape, always prolonged
backwards along the outer edge of the anterior coxe.

Subfamily I. Apoxrn 2.

Body oblong or elongate, subcylindrical, non-metallic, clothed above with
hairs or scales. Thorax commonly subcylindrical ; its lateral margin
usually obsolete, more rarely indicated by a faint ridge or irregular
teeth ; its lateral surface generally forming the segment of a circle with

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Fumolpide. 147

the disk*; anterior episternum rarely well-defined. Antenne filiform
or subfiliform ; thighs usually armed beneath ; four posterior tbe for
the most part simple, very rarely notched conjointly at their apex ;
claws (Aulexis excepted) bifid.

These insects are of moderate or small size, non-metallic, and of
sombre hue, being either fuscous or black, and clothed commonly
with concolorous hairs or. scales; they form (one or two aberrant
genera excepted) a very natural group. The subfamily is difficult
to define in words, the most striking character in the great majority
being the very cylindrical thorax, together with the absence of its
lateral border. Although not numerous in species, they break up
into a number of small genera, separated on apparently slight but
nevertheless (according to my views) well-defined characters, viz. the
nature of the pubescence, the form of the pro- and meso-sterna, the
toothing of the thighs, &c. The species are spread over a consider-
able portion of the globe, being found in Europe, Asia (from Japan
to the Malay archipelago), North and South America. Adowus, the
typical form of the group, characterized by Kirby in his ‘ Faun.
Bor.-Amer.’ on Eumolpus vitis, Fabr., an insect found both in North
America and middle Europe, is the only genus belonging to the latter
quarter of the world. Asia contains the following :—Necwlla and
Trichotheca, India; Aoria, China, Siam, and Malacca; Adowus, the
same, and also Japan; Nephrella, Ceylon; Lypesthes, Japan and
China; Leprotes, Hongkong; Demotina, China, Ceylon, and the
Malay archipelago; and Aulacolepis, Siam and Sumatra; together
with the six following, peculiar to the Malay archipelago itself: viz.,
Aulewis, Piomera, Metaxis, Apolepis, to Borneo ; Stasimus, to Singa-
pore; and Lepina, to Sumatra, Java, and Pulo Penang. In North
America are found (in addition to Adowus) Xanthonia and Fidia.
South America contains an equal number of species with the last,
belonging to the genera Habrophora and Brevicolaspis—the former
being natives of Peru and the Upper Amazons, the latter of Brazil.
Africa and Australia have not (as far as my present knowledge goes)
any representatives of the group.

Table of Genera.
A. Body clothed above with hairs or fine hair-like scales.
a. Anterior edge of the prosternum separated from the epi-

sternum by a sutural proove. . 666... e cece cece ees 1, Adoxus.
awa. Sutural groove between the prosternum and episternum

obsolete.

* Aulacolepis is an exception, and forms, with its distinctly margined thorax,
a passage between this tribe and the Heteraspine,

148 = Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

b. Eyes entire or obsoletely sinuate.
c. Anterior edge of epistome unarmed.

d. Mesosternum bifurcate, transverse............ 2. Aorta.
dd. Mesosternum entire or simply notched.
é. Hiytra tuberculate (ret. ce ee cen eae 3. Stastmus.

ee, Elytra not tuberculate.
f. Anterior pair of thighs enlarged and
compressed, armed beneath with an
aembe TOOt 5 cfay. isp eta sew! caer 4. Trichotheca.
ff. Anterior pair of thighs of normal size.
g. Thorax slightly transverse and
flattened above................ 5. Xanthonia.
gg. Thorax regularly cylindrical above.
h. Thighs toothed beneath.
7. Body elongate, clothed
above with silky hairs .. 6. Lypesthes.
77, Body oblong, clothed with

scale-like hairs ........ 7. Neculla.
Ah. Chips simples sag eats eee 8. Fidia.
ec, Anterior edge of epistome armed with two flattened
Leet yj. Gre gee wens sie an sponte ee aes crea ame 9. Aulexis.

bb, Eyes distinctly notched.
%, Eyes distinctly notched, elongate, reniform.

k. Thighs armed with a stout tooth ........ 10. Brevicolaspis.
eke Thighs SIMMple:. seks genase eee ome 2 cea oreaecere 11. Nephrella.
jj. Eyes distinctly notched, ovate or rotundate...... 12. Habrophora.

B. Body clothed with regular scales.
a, Prosternum not separated from the episternum by a sutural
groove.
b. Anterior pair of thighs strongly incrassate; epi-
Shomie transverse Ja. Wahine ns cer alliee ne seeds 13, Piomera.
bb. Anterior and posterior pairs of thighs both thickened
and nearly equal, middle pair slender; epistome

WOO CO-SHADEU ec ,nne amos Soi sessile aise ae rears 14. Metaxis.
bbb, Anterior pair of thighs of normal size.
c.. Apex'of tibicesumplen sa). hee can tes ee 15. Leprotes.
ec. Apex of one or both pairs of hinder tibiz
notched.

d. Scales more or less adpressed, flat, or
only slightly curved; epistome trans-

VOLES! (elo ates hea eee ne Cen eee 16, Demotina,
dd. Scales suberect, strongly curved; their
apex produced into a slender thread-

like process. =
e, Episternum inflexed, its surface
looking directly downwards .17. Hemiplatys.

ee. Episternum lateral .......... 18. Apolepis.
aa. Prosternum separated from the episternum by a deep groove.
f. Scales slender, of normal size ................ 19, Lepina.

ff. Scales large, longitudinally concaye............20, Aulacolepis.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide. 149

Genus Apoxus, Kirby.
Bromius, Chevy., Redtenb.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath with adpressed
hairs. Head moderately exserted, perpendicular ; antenne subfiliform,
robust, first joint incrassate, second rather shorter than the first, sub-
incrassate, ovate, the third equal in length to the second, the fourth
somewhat longer; eyes subprominent, entire ; terminal joint of palpi
ovate ; mentum with its anterior margin concave. Thorax subcylin-
drical, its lateral border entirely obsolete. Edyta much broader than
the thorax, closely punctured. Legs stout ; thighs moderately thickened,
unarmed beneath; basal joint of tars: scarcely shorter than the two
following united ; claws bifid. Prosternum transverse, its anterior mar-
gin separated from the episternum by a deep groove. Mesosternum
transverse, its apex truncate or obsoletely concave.

Type, Adoxus vitis, Linn. Europe and North America.

The presence of the sutural groove between the prosternum and
episternum at once separates this genus from all its congeners.

Two well-known species, vitis and obscurus, are natives of middle
and southern Europe ; the first is also found in Canada and the upper
portion of the United States. A third species, undescribed, has been
taken by Mr. A. Adams in Japan.

Genus Aorta, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, closely covered above and beneath with
adpressed silky hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne sub-
filiform, moderately robust, first joint incrassate, second nearly one
half shorter than the first, ovate, third thickened towards the ex-
tremity, longer than the second, but shorter than the fourth; eyes
entire, prominent ; mentwm with its anterior border deeply concave ;
terminal joints of palpi ovate, narrowed and acuminate towards the
apex. Thorax subcylindrical, its lateral border entirely obsolete.
Elytra much broader than the thorax, surface closely punctured, some-
times impressed with longitudinal striz. Legs moderately robust;
thighs subincrassate, unarmed beneath; basal joint of tars? nearly
equal in length to the following two united ; claws bifid. Prosternum
transverse, its anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum.
Mesosternum transverse or transverse-quadrate, its apex bifureate.

Type, Aorta nigripes, Baly, huj. op. i. p. 28 (Adoxus). China; Siam; and
Malacca.

This genus closely resembles Adowus; the absence of the sutural
groove between the prosternum and its episternum will, without the
least difficulty, separate the two. The species, three in number, are
Asiatic ; two have a wide range, being found in Malacca, Siam, and
also China; the third has as yet been only sent from Siam.

150 Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

Genus Srastuvs, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, covered above with rigid suberect hairs,
beneath with scale-like hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular, oblong ;
antenne half the length of the body, first joint incrassate, second mode-
rately incrassate, rather shorter than the first, third and three following
each equal in length to the second, slender, seventh and succeeding joints
moderately incrassate, the seventh pyriform, eighth, ninth, and tenth
moniliform, the eleventh ovate; eyes entire; anterior edge of mentum
angulate-emarginate ; terminal joint of marillary palpi lanceolate-ovate.
Thorax gibbous in front, its lateral margin obsolete. Elytra deeply
punctured, interspaces thickened and elevated here and there into irre-
gular tubercles. Legs moderately robust ; four anterior thighs armed
beneath with a short tooth ; basal joint of tars? scarcely longer than the
second; claws bifid. Prosternwn subquadrate, dilated posteriorly ; its
anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum
subquadrate, its apex dilated, obtuse.

Type, Stasimus rugosus, Baly. Singapore.

Stasimus may be separated from all other allied forms by its
gibbous thorax, tuberculate elytra, and peculiar antenne. The
single species forming the genus is a native of Singapore.

Stasimus rugosus, Baly.

S. oblong, subcylindrical, opake, fuscous; head rugose, closely covered
with suberect paler hairs; thorax rugose, strongly gibbous in front;
elytra deeply punctured, the puncturing arranged in irregular strie,
interspaces thickened and elevated at distant intervals into irregular
wart-like tubercles, the largest of which is placed near the suture, just
below the basilar space.—Long 23 lin.

Hab. Singapore. Collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace.

Fpistome transverse, triangular, its surface rugose. Thorax rather
broader than long, narrowing towards the apex, its lateral margin en-
tirely obsolete, the anterior angle only indicated by an obtuse tooth ;
anterior half of disk occupied by a strongly raised gibbosity, behind
which on either side is a broad but ill-defined oblique excavation ;
whole surface closely covered with suberect pale hairs. LElytra less
closely but more deeply punctured than the thorax, more sparingly
elothed with hairs, the tubercles ill-defined, with the exception of one
or two near the suture ; shoulders prominent.

Genus TricnoruEca, Baly.
Journ. of Entom. 1. p. 26 (1860).

Body subelongate, clothed above and beneath with suberect hairs; an-
tenne nearly equal in length to the body, filiform, scarcely thickened
towards their apex, first joint incrassate, second shorter, ovate, third

~ and following two slender filiform, elongate, nearly equal, the third and

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 151

fifth, however, being each somewhat shorter than the fourth, the sixth
and seventh each also rather shorter than the fifth, equal, the eighth and
following joints again shorter, nearly equal, the eleventh acute, six
terminal joints slightly thickened ; anterior edge of labrum emarginate.
Eyes prominent, their inner margin obsoletely sinuate ; mentwm with
its anterior border angularly notched; terminal joint of palpi ovate,
attenuated towards the apex. TZhorax subcylindrical, side margin ob-
solete, sides narrowed at base and apex, causing the middle portion to
form an ill-defined angle, , Legs subelongate ; anterior pair of thighs
strongly incrassate and flattened, armed beneath with a stout tooth, the
two hinder pairs less thickened, also armed beneath with a smaller tooth.
Type, Trichotheca hirta, Baly (huj. op. i. p. 26). Northern India.

The slender filiform antenne and the peculiar form of the anterior
thighs, together with the silky pubescence, separate this genus from
all others.

Genus Xantnontia, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, covered with fine hairs or hair-like scales.
Head exserted, perpendicular ; antenne rather more than half the length
of the body, slender, subfiliform, first joint incrassate, second moderately
thickened, shorter than the first, third and three following nearly equal,
slender, each longer than the basal one, remaining joints scarcely
shorter than the preceding, slightly thickened; eyes entire; mentum
with its anterior margin concave; terminal joint of mazillary palpi
ovate-acuminate ; epistome often not separated from the face by a sutural
line, its anterior margin truncate. Thorax subcylindrical, transverse,
its upper surface slightly flattened, the lateral border obsolete. Elytra
much broader than the thorax, their sides parallel, their surface closely
punctured, the punctures generally arranged in striz. Legs moderate ;
thighs slightly thickened, sometimes armed beneath with a small tooth ;
tbie simple ; basal joint of tars? shorter than the following two ; claws
bifid, the inner tooth incurved. Prosternum oblong-elongate, its anterior
margin continuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternwm oblong.

Type, Xanthonia Stevensi, Baily. Canada.

The shape of the thorax divides the present genus from Neculla,
the nearest allied form.
Three species are known to me from North America, and one from
Brazil.
Xanthonia Stevensi, Baly.

X. oblong, subcylindrical, fulvous, subnitidous, covered with fine con-
colorous hairs, eyes and apex of jaws black.—Long 12 lin.

Hab. Canada.

Head short, subrotundate, closely punctured ; epistome concave, face im-
pressed with a longitudinal groove. Thorax transverse, nearly twice
as broad as long, sides regularly rotundate-ampliate ; surface entirely

152. -Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

covered with large round shallow punctures, above somewhat flattened,
slightly constricted in front, impressed on either side the disk with a
large shallow fovea. Elytra much broader than the thorax, four times
its length, sides parallel, apex regularly rounded, surface closely punc-
tured, the punctures confused near the suture, arranged in strie on
the disk. Thighs unarmed.

Genus Lyprsrues, Baly.

Body subelongate, subcylindrical, clothed ‘above and beneath with fine
suberect lines. JZead exserted, perpendicular; antenne slender fili-
form, first joint incrassate, the second shorter than the third, five
terminal joints slightly thicker than the preceding, with the exception
of the first; eyes prominent, entire; mentwm with its anterior margin
concave ; apical joint of palpi ovate, attenuated towards the apex, the
latter obtuse. Thorax subcylindrical, lateral margin obsolete. Elytra
broader than the thorax, sides parallel, upper surface coarsely punc-
tured. Legs slender, subelongate ; thighs moderately incrassate, armed
beneath with a stout tooth ; claws bitid. Prosternum subelongate, its
anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum, the latter ill-
defined, wedge-shaped. Mesosternum oblong.

The type of this genus is /idia atra, Motsch., from Japan ; it
has also been found in Northern China by Fortune. I know only
one species belonging to the genus.

In form, and in the possession of long slender antennee, Lypesthes
closely resembles /idia and Leprotes; from the former of these it is
distinguished by its toothed thighs, from the latter by the nature
of its pubescence.

Genus Necunua, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath with sub-
depressed scale-like hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne
moderately robust, subfiliform, first joint incrassate, second oboyate,
equal in length to the third, the latter shorter than the fourth; eyes
prominent, entire ; mentum with its anterior margin deeply concave ;
terminal joint of palpi ovate, attenuate towards the apex. Thorax
subcylindrical ; side margin obsolete in front, indicated on the hinder
half by a faint ridge. lytra much broader than the thorax, coarsely
punctured. Legs stout; thighs moderately incrassate, armed beneath by
a short stout tooth; basal joint of tarsi much shorter than the two
following united; claws bifid. Prosternwm subelongate, gradually in-
creasing in width posteriorly ; its anterior margin continuous with that
of the episternum. Mesosternum quadrate-oblong, its apex obtusely
angled.

Type, Neculla pollinaria, Baly, huj. op. i. p. 28 (Adorus). India.

In form this genus closely resembles Aoria, from which the

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Fumolpide. 153

toothed thighs and oblong mesosternum separate it without dif-
ficulty. The single species was sent to me, from Bombay, by Dr.
Ezra Downes.

Genus Fiora, Dej.

Body subelongate or elongate, subeylindrical, covered above and beneath
with fine suberect or depressed hairs, mingled occasionally with rows
of narrow scale-like hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne
slender filiform, slightly thickened at their apex, first joint incrassate,
second short, ovate, subincrassate, three following joints each about
twice the length of the second, nearly equal, filiform, five terminal
joints sometimes slightly thickened ; eyes prominent, entire; mentum
with its anterior margin broadly concave; terminal joint of palpi
ovate, attenuate towards the apex, the latter acute. Thorax cylindrical,
lateral border obsolete. Elytra much broader than the thorax, punctate-
striate. Legs slender, subelongate ; thighs moderately thickened, un-
armed beneath; apex of front pair of tbe straight, basal joint of
tarsi shorter than, or equal to, the two following united ; claws bifid,
the inner tooth much shorter than the outer one. Prosternwm oblong-
quadrate or oblong-elongate, its anterior margin continuous with the
episternum. Mesosternum transverse, quadrate or oblong-quadrate, its
apex truncate.

Type, Fidia lurida, De}.

The long slender legs, with unarmed thighs, divide this genus from
its allies with entire eyes, the latter character separating it from
Habrophora.

Two species, one from the United States, the other from Mexico,
are known to me.

Genus AvuLexis, Baly.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath with suberect
hairs. Head exserted, face perpendicular; anterior margin of epistome
furnished with two acute flattened teeth, which partially cover the
upper surface of the labrum; antenne subfiliform, clothed with coarse
hairs, basal joint incrassate, second half the length of the first, sub-
incrassate, third shorter than the fourth, which joint is rather longer
than the first, the following joints each rather shorter than the fourth,
subequal; eyes prominent, ovate, their inner margin slightly sinuate ;
anterior margin of mentum concave; terminal joint of palpi slender,
ovate. Thorax subcylindrical in front, flattened and more or less
transversely excavated on the hinder half of the disk, lateral border
obsolete, rarely visible at the base, its place supplied in the middle by
three or four acute teeth, lytra rather broader than the thorax, their
sides parallel. Zegs moderate, stout; thighs subincrassate, unarmed
beneath ; basal joint of tars? shorter than the following two; claws
toothed at the base. Prosternwm narrow elongate, its anterior margin

154 Mr.J.S8. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

continuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum narrow, its apex
dilated, trilobate.
Type, Aulexis nigricollis, Baly. Borneo.

This genus appears at first sight one of the most aberrant in the
tribe, the peculiar form of the thorax giving it quite a different
facies to the other genera ; it agrees, however, in all its essential
characters, the only exception being the toothed claws.

Aulexis ngricollis, Baly.

A. elongate, parallel, rufo-fuscous, subnitidous, covered with long silky
subdepressed fulvous hairs; thorax and upper portion of head black,
sides of the former armed with three acute teeth; antenne and legs
fulvous.—Long 23 lin.

Hab. Sarawak; Borneo.

Head triangular, lower portion of face rufo-fuscous, sutural line
dividing the face from the epistome obsolete, the epistome itself exca-
vated on either side, the depressed portions being deeply punctured
and separated by a raised longitudinal ridge ; upper portion of head
deeply punctured; antennz slender, more than two-thirds the length
of the body. Thorax subquadrate, its anterior edge rufo-fuscous, its sur-
face deeply and somewhat closely punctured, the transverse excavation
on the hinder disk forming the segment of a circle. Elytra broader than
the thorax, three times its length, sides parallel, their surface irregularly
punctured, the punctures being more crowded than on the thorax.

Genus Brevicotaspis, Laporte.

Body oblong-elongate, subcylindrical, covered with adpressed scale-like
hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular ; antenne equal to or longer than
the body, filiform, moderately robust, basal joint incrassate, second
short, three or four following equal, each rather longer than the first,
the rest somewhat shorter, nearly equal, slightly thickened ; eyes reni-
form, slightly prominent; ep%stome not separated from the face by a
sutural line, its anterior margin produced, deeply notched, and forming
two flattened acute teeth ; mentwm with its anterior margin concave ;
apical joint of mavillary palpi lanceolate. Thorax subcylindrical
above, sides rounded, narrowed towards the apex, lateral border indi-
cated by a distinctly raised line. Zlytra broader than the thorax,
parallel, their apex broadly rounded, their surface regularly punctured.
Legs robust ; thighs moderately thickened, anterior pair thicker than
the rest, all armed beneath with a strong tooth ; tébie curved inwards,
anterior pair thickened towards the apex, intermediate pair with their
apex deeply notched ; claws bifid. Prosternum oblong-quadrate, its
anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum. esosternum
subquadrate.

Type, Brevicolaspis pilosa, Laporte. Brazil.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 155

This genus has so many distinctive characters that it cannot
possibly be confounded with Nephrella, the only other possessing
reniform eyes.

The species are all natives of Brazil.

Genus Nepuretia, Baly.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, covered above and beneath with coarse
adpressed hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular ; antenne moderately
robust, subfiliform, first joint incrassate, second shorter than the first,
subincrassate, third half as long again as the second, fourth and two
following each rather longer than the third, equal, seventh to the
eleventh shorter, subequal; cyes large, elongate, reniform, subpro-
minent; mentum with its anterior margin concave; terminal joint of
maxillary palpi ovate, of the labial lanceolate. Thorax subcylindrical,
lateral border obsolete. lytra broader than the thorax, parallel,
closely punctured. Legs short, moderately robust; theghs subincrassate,
unarmed beneath; the hinder pair much shorter than the abdomen ;
basal joint of tarsi rather shorter than the two following united; claws
bifid. Prosternum narrow, elongate, its anterior margin continuous
with that of the episternum. Mesosternwm subelongate, its apical half
dilated, the apex itself truncate.

Type, Nephrella elongata, Baly. Ceylon.

The narrow elongate body, conjoined with the reniform eyes,
serve to distinguish Nephrella from its congeners. The genus only
contains a single species, peculiar to Ceylon.

Nephrella elongata, Baly.

N. elongate, parallel, subcylindrical, dark fuscous, subnitidous, clothed
with coarse bright fulvous hairs; stomata, abdomen and legs fulvous,
tibize piceous ; antennee black, their base fulvous; breast and base of
abdomen pale piceous.—Long 23 lin.

Hab. Ceylon.

Head and thorax closely covered with coarse adpressed hairs; thorax
cylindrical, rather broader than long, its sides nearly straight, surface
not very deeply punctured. Elytra finely punctured, their surface in-
distinctly wrinkled, clothed with similar hairs to those of the head
and thorax. Abdomen more sparingly covered with hairs than the
rest of the body.

Genus Hasropnora, Erichs.
Consp. Faun. Peruy. p. 163.
Body elongate or subelongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath

with adpressed hairs. Head strongly exserted, face perpendicular ;
antenne slender, filiform, nearly equal to the body in length, first joint

156 = =Mr.J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

incrassate, second short, third twice the length of the first, slender,
filiform, fourth to the seventh each nearly equal in size and length to
the third, the eighth to the tenth shorter, equal or slightly decreasing -
in length, the eleventh still shorter, ovate-acute ; eyes prominent, their
inner edge distinctly emarginate; mentwm with its anterior margin
broadly concave; terminal joint of palpi lanceolate. Thorax sub-
cylindrical, somewhat flattened above, lateral border marked by an in-
distinct ridge, which is entirely obsolete in front. Elytra broader than
the thorax, sides parallel, their upper surface, together with that of the
thorax and scutellum, very closely covered with adpressed hairs. Legs
slender, elongate ; thighs very slightly thickened, unarmed beneath ;
apex of front pair of tbe straight ; basal joint of tarsi in the two an-
terior pair of legs shorter than the following two joints united, in the
hinder puir nearly equal in length to the three remaining joints. Pro-
sternum narrow, elongate, its basal end dilated, anterior margin con-
tinuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum nearly oblong, its —
apex obtusely rounded.
Type, Habrophora lateralis, Evichs. Peru.

The notched eyes at once separate the Habrophora from Fidia,
the only genus with which it can be confounded ; the typical species
is anative of Peru. Mr. Bates has brought four or five others (all
undescribed) from the Upper Amazons.

Genus Promera, Baly.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and on the legs with ad-
pressed scales. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne slender, sub-
filiform, basal joint incrassate, second short, ovate, subincrassate, third
and remaining joints subequal, each rather longer than the basal one,
the third and following three joints slender, filiform, the rest slightly
thickened; eyes very prominent, rotundate, entire; epistome raised,
short, transverse; mentwm angularly notched; terminal.joint of palpi
ovate, Thorax subcylindrical, its lateral border obsolete. Elytra much
broader than the thorax, sides parallel, surface deeply punctate-striate.
Legs stout; anterior thighs very strongly, the others moderately incras-
sate, all armed beneath with a stout tooth; anterior tibie thickened
near the apex; basal joint of tars? rather shorter than the two follow-
ing united; claws bifid, the inner tooth much shorter than the other.
Prosternum oblong, its anterior margin continuous with that of the
episternum. Mesosternwm transverse quadrate, its apex obtuse. Body
beneath nearly glabrous.

Type, Piomera brachialis, Baly. Borneo.

The very large anterior thighs form a good character to distinguish
Piomera from the other scaly genera ; the short transverse epistome
separates it from Metavis. The genus contains only a single species.

Mr. J. S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 157

Piomera brachialis, Baly.

P. elongate, subcylindrical, fulvous, subnitidous, covered witlt pale fulvous
curved adpressed scales; thorax rugose-punctate ; elytra deeply punc-
tate-striate, scales on their surface arranged in irregular patches.—Long
13 lin.

Hab. Borneo. Collected by Mr. Wallace.

Head short, triangular, upper portion of face and vertex covered with
adpressed scales; antennz two-thirds the length of the body, pale
fulvous, their outer half fuscous. Thorax rather longer than broad,
cylindrical, narrowed at base and apex, middle portion above thickened.
Elytra oblong, much broader than the thorax, sides parallel, apex regu-
larly rounded, surface closely and deeply punctured, the punctures ar-
ranged in irregular striz, interspaces on the outer disk subcostate.
Anterior thighs greatly swollen, inner edge of anterior tibiz obliquely
cut towards their apex.

Genus Meraxis, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, clothed above with regular scales, intermixed
on the elytra with short rigid erect hairs. Head moderately exserted,
perpendicular ; antenne slender, filiform, nearly equal to the body in
length, first joint incrassate, second very short, moderately thickened,
third slender, equal in length to the two preceding united, the rest each
nearly equal in length to the third, the four or five terminal joints being
very slightly shorter and thickened; eyes entire, prominent; epistome
triangular, wedge-shaped ; mentum angulate-emarginate ; terminal joint
of maxillary palpi narrow, lanceolate-ovate. Thorax subcylindrical, its
lateral border obsolete. Hlytra much broader than the thorax, deeply
punctate-striate, surface covered with regular adpressed scales, mingled
with which are a few rigid erect hairs. Zegs moderate in length;
thighs toothed beneath, incrassate, the intermediate pair being much
less thickened than the first and third, which are nearly equal; inter-
mediate pair of éébie notched at their apex ; claws bifid. Prosternum
elongate, broad, somewhat wedge-shaped, its anterior margin con-
tinuous with that of the epistenum. Mesosternum oblong.

Type, Metazis sellata, Baly. Borneo.

This genus is distinguished from Piomera by the form of its epi-
stome, and also by its mesofemora—these latter, although somewhat

thickened, being more slender than either the pro- or meta-femora,
which are nearly equal in size.

Metaais sellata, Baly.

M. oblong, subcylindrical, fulvo-fuscous, closely covered with concolorous
scales, apex of antennz and an oblong patch on the elytra, extending

158 = Mr.J.S8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

from their base for half their length, dark fuscous; eyes black.—Long.
13 lin.
Hab. Sarawak; Borneo. Collected by Mr. Wallace.

Head closely punctured, and covered with adpressed scales; jaws
dark fuscous. Thorax scarcely broader than long, somewhat flattened
above, closely covered with scales, sides slightly rounded, narrowed in
front, lateral border obsolete, all the angles armed with a short obtuse
tooth. Elytra much broader than the thorax, nearly three times its
length, their sides parallel; surface deeply punctate-striate, closely
covered with scales, which are arranged in small irregular patches;
intermingled with the scales are a few erect rigid fuscous hairs; piceous
space more sparingly clothed with scales, which are concolorous with
the patch itself.

Genus Leprores, Baly.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath with adpressed
scales. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne filiform, scarcely
thickened at their extremity, basal joint incrassate, the second shorter
than the first, subincrassate, third and four following joints each nearly
twice the length of the second, equal, eighth to the eleventh each
rather shorter than the preceding, subequal ; eyes prominent, entire ;
mentum with its anterior border feebly excavated, concave ; terminal
joint of maxillary palpi ovate, attenuated towards the apex, the same
joint in the labial palpi more slender, also ovate. Thorax subcylin-
drical, its lateral border obsolete. £lytra much broader than the
thorax, sides parallel, surface deeply punctured, covered with adpressed
scales, sparingly mingled with which are a few rigid erect hairs. Legs
subelongate ; thighs moderately thickened, armed beneath with a stout
tooth; basal joint of tarsi rather shorter than the following two united ;
claws bifid. Prosternum narrowly oblong, its anterior margin continu-
ous with that of the epimera. Mesosternum quadrate oblong, its apex
obtuse.

Type, Leprotes gracilicornis, Baly, huj. op. i. p. 285 (Adorus). Hongkong.
The slender legs, simple tibize, regularly cylindrical thorax, with-

out trace of raised lateral border, the flattened scales, and long

slender filiform antennee—these characters taken together dis-
tinguish the genus from all congeneric forms.

I know only a single species, from Hongkong, brought to this
country by Mr. Bowring.

Genus Dremorrna, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, covered above and beneath with small ad-
pressed scales. Head exserted, perpendicular ; antenne either slender
and filiform, or rather more robust, subfiliform, basal joint ovate, incras-
sate, second shorter than the first, the rest somewhat variable, the four

Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 159

or five terminal joints rather shorter and often slightly thickened; eyes
prominent, entire ; mentwm emarginate; terminal joint of palpi ovate ;
epistome transverse, quadr- or pent-angulate. Thorax transversely con-
vex, lateral border either obsolete or replaced by a single row of teeth.
Scutellum semi-ovate. lytra oblong, closely punctured. Legs mode-
rate in length; thighs moderately thickened, armed with a tooth be-
neath; four hinder tiie, or often only the intermediate pair, notched
at their apex; claws bifid. Prosternum oblong or oblong-quadrate, its
anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum
oblong-quadrate.
Type, Demotina Bowringii, Baly. China; Hongkong.

The insects placed by me in the present genus divide themselves
in two groups, viz. one in which the antenne are slender and fili-
form, and a second where the same organs are somewhat shorter and
more robust, being at the same time slightly thickened towards their
extremity. The notched tibie separate the genus from Leprotes; the
form of the scales, together with the wedge-shaped epistome, from
Apolepis. The species have a wide range, from Japan to the Malay
Archipelago, by far the greatest number being inhabitants of the
latter, some of them being found in the Celebes and other islands to
the east of Borneo.

Demotina scutellata, Baly.

D. oblong, subcylindrical; disk of thorax depressed, dark fuscous, sub-
nitidous, covered with pale fulvous, narrowly ovate, adpressed scales ;
scutellum, sides of thorax beneath, and epipleurz closely covered with
white scales; antennz slender, filiform, their apex piceous.—Long
22 lin.

Hab. Northern China.

Head triangular, rugose-punctate, covered with adpressed scales ;
labrum fulvous; eyes large, black. Thorax one-half broader at the
base than long, flattened on the disk, rugose-punctate, covered on the
head with adpressed scales, lateral border obsolete, sides rounded
posteriorly, narrowed from their middle to the apex. Elytra deeply
punctate-striate, covered with adpressed scales; scattered here and
there over the disk of each elytron are five or six small patches of
white scales.

Demotina Bowringii, Baly.

D. oblong, subcylindrical, fusco-fulvous, subnitidous, covered with ad-
pressed pale fulvous scales; elytra deeply punctate-striate, each elytron
with four or five small black spots, three or four of which form an
oblique fascia on the disk; thorax (its front.edge excepted) and breast
piceous ; eyes black ; antennz subfiliform.—Long 12 lin.

Hab. Hongkong. Collected by Mr. Bowring.

Epistome bright fulvous; face closely covered with adpressed fulyous
VOL, II. N

160 Mr.J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

scales. Thorax rather broader than long, sides rounded, narrowed at
base and apex, lateral border obsolete, its place occupied by a few nearly
obsolete teeth; disk transversely flattened, forming an indistinct angle
with the side portion of the thorax, closely punctured. Elytra broader
than the thorax, nearly three times its length, sides parallel, surface
deeply and closely punctured, the punctures arranged in striz on the
inner half near the suture, confused on the outer disk near the lateral
border, interspaces irregularly raised and thickened.

Genus Hemrrrarys, Baly.

Body subelongate, subcylindrical, opake, covered above with long, strongly
curved, suberect scales, the apical half of which is narrowed and thread-
like. Head deeply buried in the thorax, perpendicular; antenne sub-
filiform, shorter than half the body, basal joint incrassate, second
shorter than the first, moderately incrassate, four following joints each
rather shorter than the second, nearly equal both in size and length,
the sixth alone being rather shorter than the preceding, seventh to the
eleventh gradually but slightly increasing in thickness; eyes entire;
eprstome transverse, its hinder border forming the segment of a circle ;
mentum with its anterior margin concave ; terminal joint of mazillary
palpi slender, ovate, its apex attenuate. Thorax subcylindrical, the
sides strongly deflexed, and produced in front downwards as far as
the middle of the eyes, their hinder portion deeply excavated near the
base to receive the profemora; front edge of disk produced anteriorly,
and concealing the head from above. /ytra broader than the thorax,
parallel, their surface irregular, deeply punctured. Legs robust; thighs
armed beneath with a stout tooth; claws bifid. Prosternwm transverse
quadrate, its anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum ;
episternum wedge-shaped, strongly incurved, its surface horizontal, and
forming nearly a right angle with the side of the thorax. Mesosternum
transverse.

Type, Hemuplatys Pascoei, Baly. Cambodia.

Hemiplatys is separated from Apolepis, its nearest ally, by the
peculiar position of the anterior episterna.

Hemiplatys Pascoei, Baly.

H, subelongate, subcylindrical, opake, piceous, covered above with long,
suberect, strongly curved scales; surface of thorax irregular, remotely
punctured, the broader scales on the disk intermingled with slender
hair-like scales; elytra deeply punctured, interspaces thickened and
elevated, almost tuberculate on the sides; disk with five or six tufts of
large, rigid, erect, black scales, the apices of which are, as usual, pro-
longed into a slender thread.—Long 13 lin.

Hab. Cambodia. Collected by the late M. Mouhot.

Epistome coarsely and closely punctured ; forehead nearly smooth in
the middle, the sides more closely punctured, its scales more slender

Mr. J. S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 161

than those on the thorax; antenne scarcely longer than the thorax,
pale fuscous, their outer half piceous; eyes and jaws black, lower ex-
tremity of the latter produced, angular. Thorax as broad as long, the
produced anterior edge (when viewed laterally) appearing to form a
hood to the head. Body beneath subnitidous, the scales narrower than
on the upper surface, those on the breast and abdomen less erect and
very slender.
Genus Apoepis, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, covered with stout, suberect, strongly curved,
scales similar in form to those in Apolepis. Head perpendicular,
nearly buried in the thorax ; epistome wedge-shaped ; antenne subfili-
form, basal joint incrassate, second moderately thickened, equal in
length to the first, third scarcely equal to the second, slender, all the
others up to the tenth nearly equal in length to the second, the eleventh
rather longer, all from the seventh upwards thickened ; eyes rotundate,
entire, prominent, surrounded by a narrow orbital groove ; mentum with
its anterior edge angulate; terminal joint of mazillary palpi ovate,
attenuate towards the apex. Thorax subcylindrical, somewhat more
convex above, sides rounded, side margin replaced by a single row of
fine teeth. Elytra deeply punctate-striate, covered with similar scales
to those of the rest of the body, here, however, arranged in parallel
longitudinal rows. Legs moderately robust; thighs armed beneath
with a short tooth; anterior tibie slightly incurved, intermediate
par notched at their apex; basal joint of tars equal in length to the
second; claws bifid. Prosternwm transverse, its anterior edge con-
tinuous with that of the episternum, the episternwm itself produced in
front. Mesosternum transverse quadrate, its apex obtusely angled.

Type, Apolepis Wallacei, Baly. Borneo. -

The only genus with which Apolepis can be confounded is Demo-
tina; from this the wedge-shaped epistome and strongly curved scales
will divide it.

The only species known to me was sent from Borneo by Mr.
Wallace.

Apolepis aspera, Baly.

A, oblong, subcylindrical, piceous, subnitidous, covered with suberect,
strongly curved, concolorous scales.—Long 13 lin.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

Head closely covered with scales. Thorax coarsely punctured. Elytra
punctate-striate, the interspaces somewhat thickened.

Genus Lrrina, Baly.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, clothed with narrow curved scales. Head
short, deeply immersed in the thorax, perpendicular; mouth concealed
by the anterior edge of the prosternum ; antenne subfiliform, five ter-
minal joints thickened, first and second joints nearly equal in length,

w2

162 -Mr.J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

the former strongly, the latter moderately incrassate, the second and
two following nearly equal, moderately slender, the seventh equal in
length to the sixth, obconic, the next three submoniliform, the eleventh
as long as the seventh, ovate; epistome wedge-shaped; eyes entire.
Thorax broader than long, subcylindrical above, side margin distinct ;
surface of disk covered with curved scales. Elytra punctate-striate,
surface covered with subdepressed scales, arranged, as in Apolepis, in
parallel rows. Legs moderately robust ; hinder thighs armed beneath
with a small tooth; basal joint of tars? scarcely longer than the second ;
claws bifid. Prosternum subelongate, separated from the episternum by
a broad sutural groove, its front edge somewhat produced and conceal-
ing the mouth. Mesosternum subquadrate, its apex slightly dilated,
trilobate.
Type, Lepina inconspicua, Baly. Pulo Penang.

This genus is also found in Sumatra. The form of the scales at
once divides Lepina from Aulacolepis; in habit it agrees closely
with Apolepis, but the sutural groove between the prosternum and
the episternum separates it from that genus.

Lepina inconspicua, Baly.

L. oblong, subcylindrical, rufo-piceous, subnitidous, covered with suberect,
narrow, curved scales; thorax (its anterior border excepted), base of
thighs, knees, and outer half of antenne dark nigro-piceous.—Long
13 lin.

Hab. Pulo Penang. Collected by Mr. Bowring.

This insect bears a strong resemblance to Apolepis aspera; m
addition, however, to the structural characters, the scales covering
its surface are much narrower, less rigid, and less erect, those on the
thorax being almost adpressed. Thorax coarsely punctured. Elytra’
punctate-striate near the suture, puncturing confused on the disk,
scales arranged as in Apolepis.

Genus AULACOLEPIS.

Body oblong, subcylindrical, clothed with large, broad, rigid, adpressed or
suberect curved scales, surface of the scales longitudinally concave. Head
short, perpendicular, more deeply immersed in the thorax than in the
other genera of the group ; antenne scarcely longer than the head and
thorax, their basal half slender, their outer portion moderately incras-
sate, basal joint thickened, second moderately thickened, two-thirds the
length of the first, third and three following joints each about equal
in length to the first, each slightly decreasing in length, also slightly
thickened at their apex, four following joints moderately thickened,
nearly equal, submoniliform, the eleventh rather longer, ovate; eyes
entire; mentum angulate-emarginate; last joint of maxillary palpi

Rev. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide. 163

ovate. Thorax transverse, subcylindrical in front, gibbous and strongly
tuberculate on the disk, lateral border distinct and strongly produced, its
outer edge sometimes minutely toothed. Elytra much broader than the
thorax, their sides subparallel, indistinctly narrowed behind, their sur-
face rugose-punctate, covered with adpressed curved scales, intermixed
with which are tufts of suberect similar scales. Legs robust; thighs
armed beneath with a short stout tooth ; t2bve curved ; claws bifid. Pro-
sternum transverse quadrate, separated from the episternum by a deep
groove ; episternum scapulariform. Mesosternum short, transverse, its
apex concave.
Type, Aulacolepis Mouhoti, Baly. Siam.

A second species is found in Sumatra. This genus is strikingly
different in habit from the rest of the tribe, and, with the strongly
produced lateral border of its thorax, appears at first sight to belong
to a different group ; in all its other characters, however, it agrees so
closely with the Adovine that I have retained it amongst them,
considering it as a transition form, and placing it at the end of the
other genera.

Aulacolepis Mouhoti, Baly.
A, broadly oblong, subcylindrical, black, subnitidous, closely covered with
_ large, curved, concave, fulvo-fuscous scales; disk of thorax elevated into
two large parallel conical tubercles; intermixed with the fulvo-fuscous
scales on the elytra are (more particularly towards their apex) small
patches of numerous black or white similar scales ; each elytron is also
furnished on the disk with about seven tufts of rigid, erect, black scales.

—Long 38 lin.

Hab. Siam. Collected by the late M. Mouhot.

Head short, subrotundate ; antennee scarcely exceeding the thorax in
length, fusco-fulvous. Thorax a third broader than long, the posterior
four-fifths of the lateral border strongly produced, the anterior fifth
ill-defined, the outer edge armed with minute teeth; surface of disk
deeply punctured, two small patches of scales on the anterior border,
together with a somewhat longer patch immediately behind each of the
conical protuberances on the disk, black. Elytra deeply punctured.

(To be continued. ]

XIV.— Catalogue of Halticide ; being a continuation of the British
Museum Catalogue, Part i. 1860. By the Rev. Hamuzr Crarx,
MeA.,.F.LS8.

A MERE dry list of names seems but meagre fare to offer to the
readers of the ‘Journal of Entomology,’ especially if the subject is
one which hitherto has attracted, alas! but little attention, and the
names themselves are for the most part MS. Let me explain,

164 Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

therefore, to its subscribers that the following Catalogue was printed
for me by Messrs. Taylor and Francis for private distribution among
my correspondents, who had liberally entrusted to me their collec-
tions of the group for examination: the present Number of the
Journal was at that time going to press, and so it was suggested
that, inasmuch as the type was already set up, no expense would
be incurred, and perchance benefit might accrue, if the list were to
appear as one of the contributions. Certainly, for my part, if by
means of greater publicity further aid should be rendered in the com-
pletion of the work, I shall be very grateful.

The subject of the list is a continuation of those sections of Halti-
cide formed by Iliger (Mag. fiir Insekt. 1807, p. 82) which have the
posterior claw globularly inflated, and for which he proposed the
names of Physapodes and Gidipodes. It was at first my intention
to have terminated my Catalogue for the British Museum with the
genus Cdionychis, this group being separated from others which
follow by its generally more rounded and less parallel form and its
more completely globular inflation of the posterior claw. I find,
however, that though this obtains for the most part, there are some
species (a few), in my own collection and in that of Mr. Baly, which,
in both these respects, are connecting links between the two genera
CGdionychis and Omophoita, De}. Cat. (this latter being, so far as I
can discern, identical with Ptena, De}. Cat.). The genus Omophoita
is, therefore, included in the proposed continuation of the monograph,
which will thus include all species, not only with a globular, but with
a more than usually dilated apical claw.

The peculiar difficulty of the group (which has occupied me for
nearly two years) consists in the marvellous tendency to variation
which so many of the species exhibit ; and this difficulty, instead of
being diminished, has been enormously increased by the liberality of
my friends, from whose cabinets I have received several thousand
specimens for comparison. If the material had consisted only of 100
specimens, these 100 might readily have been resolved into apparently
good and well-separated species; but inasmuch as an abundance of
materials has supplied many examples which must be dealt with as
connecting links between insects differing evidently one from the
other, not only has the difficulty of the subject been increased, but
it has become probable that other individuals, yet to be examined,
may bring together as one species examples which at present ought
to be considered distinct: however, be this as it may, I shall be
very glad to examine and name any representatives of the group
that may be entrusted to me; especially shall I be thankful for the

Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide. 165

loan of authenticated examples of species described by authors, of
which no mention is made in these pages.

I should state that the list has been printed simply as constituting
the shortest mode of naming the different collections of my friends,
before they are returned to them. Unfortunately Dr. Gray is not
able to proceed with the publication of the second part of the
Catalogue so soon as was anticipated; nothing remained for me,
therefore, but to return without further delay the collections in my

charge.

LEIOPOMIS (De. Cat.).
1 crocea, Clark, MS.

CYRTOMA, Clark, MS.

1 apicale, Clark, MS. Madagascar.

4-maculata, Chevr., MS.

Madecassee, Chevr., WS.
PHYSOMA, Clark, MS.
1 Africana, Dej. Cat.

brevicornis, Chevr., ILS.

2 rugicollis, Clark, MS. Old Calab.
3 erythroptera, C7k., 0S. Madagasc.

GZDIRHOPALA, Clark, MS.

1 spherulata, Clark, MS. Borneo.
2 circularis, Clark, MS. India.
Borneo.
4 brevicollis, Dej., MS. Java.

3 ruficollis, Clark, MS.

flaveola, Chevr., MS.
CEDIONYCHIS, Latr.

[* Antennz short, moniliform.]

1 moniliformis, C/k., MS. Arct.Amer.

[** Antenne incrassated. ]

2 clavicornis, Clark, MS. Braz.
3 Miersii, Clark, MS. Braz.

[*** Antenne simple. |
A. Elytra unicolorous for the
most part.
t Elytra green.

4 circumcincta, Dej. Cat. Braz.

tt Elytra flavous or fusco-flavous.

5 solstitialis, Clark, MS. = Amaz.
6 marginelineata, Cik., MS. Napo.
7 5-punctata, Chevr., MS. — Braz.

numerata, Chevr., MS.
varicolor, Chevr., MS.
opima, var., Chevr., MS.
xanthura, Dej., MS.

Cayenne.

Sennaar.

8 opima, Germ. Braz.
punctatissima, Dej. Cat.
sordida, Mann, MS.
9 humilior, Clark, MS. Braz.
10 macropus, Jil. Braz.
deleta, Dej. Cat.
liberta, Chevr., MS.
homostigma, Chevr., MS.
vagepunctata, MS.
scutellata, Chevr., MS.
pallidula, ZS.
11 humeralis, ZZ. Braz.
nigrella, Baly.
basicornis, Chevr., MS, (?)
rosea, Dej. Cat.
rhodina, Cherr., MS.
albida, Dej. Cat.
subfasciata, Chevr., MS. (?)
12 angusticollis, Clark, MS. Braz.
millepora, Chevr., IS. (?)
13 consimilis, Chevr., MS. Columb.
mula, Chevr., MS.
albilabris, Dey.
14 navicularis, Clark, MS. Columb.
15 cognata, Clark, MS. Costa Rica.
16 Amazonia, Clark, MS. Amazon.
17 impura, Boh. Natal.
18 asperula, Chevr., MS. Braz.
deleta, var., Dej., MS.
19 glaucina, Cherr., MS. Cayenne.

20 mendax, Clark, MS. Amaz.
21 crassiformis, C7k., MS. Cayenne.
22 herbacea, Clark, MS. Braz.
23 atriventris, Dej., MS. Braz.

dispar, Chevr., MS.
amicta, Chevr., MS.

166 Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

dichroa, Chevr., MS.
plebeia, Klug, Dej. Cat., MS.

24 albipennis, Clark, MS. Amaz.
25 tabida, Deyr., MS. Braz.
26 hypocrites, Clark, MS. =Amaz.
27 extricata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
28 modica, Clark, MS. Mex.
29 nigronotata, Clark, MS. — Braz.
30 picifrons, Chevr., MS. Braz.
31 pallens, Clark, MS. Braz.

livida, Chevr., MS.
pallida, Deyr., MS.
laticollis, Dej., WS.

32 maculicollis, Clark, MS. Texas.

signaticollis, Deyr., IS.

338 rubricollis, Clark, MS. 8S. Cath.
34 nigroscutellata, Clk., MS. S.Cath.

scutellata, Chevr., MS. (?)
35 cinctipennis, Clark, MS.

N. Amer.
36 pallidipennis, Clark, MS. — Braz.

ocularis, Chevr., MS.

37 corallina, Chevr., MS. Braz.
88 picicollis, Clark, MS. Columb.
pallidipennis, Chevr., MS.

39 nigripes, Clark, MS. S. Paul.
40 venustula, Clark, MS. Braz.
41 granularis, Clark, MS. Amaz.
42 declarata, Clark, MS.

43 parvula, Chevr., MS. S. Paul.
44 exsanguis, Chevr., MS. Cayenne.
45 pallescens, Clark, MS. Amaz.
46 croceipennis, Clark, MS. Teapa.
47 robusta, Clark, MS. Braz.
48 infima, Clark, MS. Amaz.
49 roseata, Clark, MS. Braz.
50 lucida, Clark, MS. Braz.
51 scutellata, Chevr., ALS. Braz.
52 insignita, Boh. Braz.
53 Tejeuce, Clark, MS. Braz.

ttt Elytra flavous, with slight
markings of fuscous.

54 nigrofasciata, Clark, MS. Mex.
humeralis, Chevr., MS.

55 turpis, Clark, MS. Amaz.

56 pauperata, Clark, MS. Amaz.

57 subfasciata, Clark, MS. Amaz.

58 minuta, Clark, MS. Braz.
59 longula, Clark, MS. S. Paul.
60 fuscata, Chevr., MS. Columb.

obliterata, Chevr., IS.
tttt Elytra blue or bluish-black.
61 indigosoma, Chevr., MS. —_ Braz.
62 speciosissima, Chevr., MS. Mex.

63 Homboltii, Chevr., ILS. Mex.
Silbermanni, Chevr., MS.
Hopfneri, Dej., Chevr., MS.
femoralis, De., MS.

64 perplexa, Clark, MS. Mex.

65 Alcio, Chevr., MS. Braz.

torquata, Chevr., MS., Dej. Cat.
ruficollis, Dej. Cat.

bipartita 9, JS.

blanda ¢, Dej. Cat.

infamis, Chevr., Mex. Cent. Ins.

66 Klugii, Dej. Cat. Mex.
flavicollis, Klug, MS.
femoralis, Klug?, MS.
abdominalis, Chevr.
67 amabilis, Klug? Mex.
68 procera, Chevr., MS. Mex.
69 Reichii, Chevr., MS. Mex.
70 caracollis, Say. Mex.

luteicollis, Dej. Cat.

cinctella, Chevr., MS., Dej. Cat.
71 erythrocyanea, Chevr., MS. Braz.

wumbratica, Deyr., MS.

72 laticollis, Clark, MS. Braz.
73 cyanipennis, Fab. W. Ind.
74 bicolor, Fad. W. Ind.

75 hilaris, Clark, MS. ?
76 thoracica, Fab., Oliv. N. Amer.
scripticollis, Say.
abdominalis, Chevr., nec Oliv., MS.
agelomerata, Chevr., MS.
thoracica, var., Chevr., MS.
fasciatocollis, Chevr., MS.
discicollis, Dey. Cat., MS.
sobrina, Chevr., MS., Dej. Cat.
sapphiripennis, Dej. Cat.
77 incerta, Clark, MS.
scripticollis, Dej., MS.
78 cyanoptera, Clark, MS. N. Amer.
79 obscura, Clark, MS. Amaz.

N. Orl.

Rev. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

80 parallina, Clark, MS. Mex.

81 abdominalis, Ohv. N. Amer.
vians, Ji/., Say.

82 concinna, Fab. N. Amer.

88 pinguis, Clark, MS. Pennsylv.

dimidiata, Chevr., MS.
84 gibbitarsa, Say, Lec. N.Amer.
85 pocularis, Clark, MS. Mex.
86 gemina, Clark, MS. Carthagena.
87 servus, Clark, MS. Amaz.
88 difficilis, Clark, MS. Yucatan.

ttttt Elytra blue or blue-black, with slight

markings of flavous.

89 regina, Clark, MS. Amaz.
90 flaveola, Clark, MS. Braz.
91 princeps, Clark, MS. — Columb.
lateralis, Chevr., MS.
terminata, Bug., MS.
92 bistrinotata, Clark, MS. = Mex.
93 4-maculata, Clark, MS. Braz.
94 compta, Clark, ILS. Braz.
cervicalis, Schaum, MS.
95 torquata, Clark, MS. Mex.
96 eburata, Germ. Mex.
97 verecunda, Clark, MS. Boliv.

98 cinctella, Kluy. P
speciosa, Chevr., MS.

99 Beskii, Chevr., MS.
croceicollis, Schawmn, MS.
smaragdipennis, Chevr., MS.

100 ceca, Chevr., MS.

101 apicata, Chevr., MS.
alboguttata, Dej., ILS.
4-notata, Bug., MS.
var. A. apicalis, Dej. Cat.

auricularis, Chevr., IIS.

Venez.

Mex.
Braz.

var. B. marginicollis, Dej.
cinctella, Chevr., MS.
102 decens, Clark, MS. Braz.
103 margineguttata, Dej. Cat. Braz.

104 funerea, Clark, MS. ?

105 quercata, Fab. N. Amer.
circumdata, Rand.
var. A. limbalis, Melsh.
106 soror, Clark, MS. Hlinois.
107 exilis, Clark, WS. N. Amer.

108 Bohemanni, Clark, MS. P

109
110
Ma
112

167

Braz.
Amaz.
Amaz.

Santarem.

confluenta, Clark, MS.
decolorata, Clark, MS.
cauta, Clark, MS.
hoops, Clark, MS.

B. Elytra with longitudinal linear

markings.

+ Elytra dark-coloured, the linear markings

115

114
1165
116

117
118
119

120

135

136
157

being paler.
lativittis, Germ. ?
flavovittata, Chevr., MS.
dimidiaticornis, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

vittata, Dej. Cat. Braz.
adjuncta, Clark, MS. S. Paul.
anxia, Clark, MS. Braz.

circumtlexa, Chevr., MS.
approximata, Clk., MS. U.States.
thermalis, Clark, MS. Florida.
arcuata, Clark, MS. Braz.
4-lineata, Chevr., MS.
obliquevittata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
circumvaga, Chevr., MS., Dey. Cat.
anxia, Dej. Cat.

Chabrillaci, Chevr., MS. —_ Braz.
oblique-arcuata, Cik., MS. Braz.
Waterhousii, Clark, MS. Braz.
miniata, Fab., Leconte. Texas.
cruralis, Clark, MS. ?
bivittata, Clark, MS. Florida.
gibbitarsa, Say. N. Amer.
trigonalis, Chevr., MS. (?)
leetifica, Boh. M. Video.
latevittata, Chevr., MS.

hybrida, Chevr., MS.

osculans, Clark, MS. Cayenne?
8-vittata, Chevr., MS.
sublateralis, Clark, MS. Braz.
marginalis, Clark, MS. Braz. Int.
Magellanica, C7k., 2S. Patagonia.
Nymphe, Clark, MS. Braz.
grammica, Chevr., MS. Columb.
vittipennis, Dej. Cat.
petaurista, Olv., Ill.
grammica, Chevr., MS.
vittipennis, Dej. Cat.
tetrachorda, Chevr., MS.
flavolineata, Chevr., MS.
bella, Dej. Cat.

N. Amer.

Braz.
Braz.

168 Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

188 brunneicollis, Clark, MS. Braz.
139 flavovittata, Chevr., MS. Valpar.
140 brevis, Clark, MS.
141 fluminensis, Clark, MS. Amaz.

142 Lebasii, Clark, MS. Columb.
143 misella, Clark, MS. Braz.
144 ovata, Clark, MS. Braz.

tt Elytra pale-coloured, the longitudinal
markings being darker.
145 nigrovittata, Boh. M. Video.
pentagramma, Chevr., MS.
regulata, Reiche, ILS.

146 8-vittata, Clark, MS. S. Paul.
geniculata, Chevr., MS.

147 4-vittata, Baly. Braz.

148 conformis, Chevr., MS. Braz.

149 rufovittata, Chevr., MS. — Braz.

150 submarginata, Baly. Braz.

151 sublineata, Chevr., MS. Mex.
152 campestris, Clark, MS.
155 mediovittata, Clark, MS. Mex.

convexa, Deyr., MLS,

virgata, Chevr., MS.

nigrifrons, Chevr., MS.

ceeruleovittata, Chevr., MS.

var. A. 5-maculata, Chevr., MWS.
154 umbratica, Oliv. Braz.

trivittata, Baly.

rufilinea, Schaum, MS.

evanescens, Chevr., MS.

strigata, Dey. Cat., MS.
155 convexa, Chevr., MS. M. Video.
156 crassa, Chevr., MS. Braz.
157 jocosa, Clark, MS. N. Amer.
158 egena, Clark, MS. Braz.

‘ 159 puella, Clark, MS. N. Amer.

160 consentanea, Clark, MS. Braz.
161 advena, Clark, MS. Rio.
162 irrorata, Clark, MLS. Braz.
163 rufofemorata, Clark, MS. Braz.

164 grata, Clark, MS. Mex.
165 pulchra, Clark, MS. M. Video.
166 elocata, Clark, MS. Braz.

C. Elytra with longitudinal linear
markings broken by trans-
verse markings.

167 tessellata, Clark, MS. 58. Cath.

Chili.

Braz.

168 figurata, Chev., Guér.Ic. R.A. Braz.
plagiata, Chevr.
var. A. interrupta, Rerche, MS.
169 angulosignata, Clark, MS. Braz.
hypocrites, MS.
170 venustior, Clark, MS. Braz.
171 separata, Clark, MS. Braz.
172 pallidesignata, Clark, MS. Braz.
D. Elytra with transverse
markings.

173 4-fasciata, Clark, MS. Esp. Santo.
174 semifasciata, Baly. Braz.
fimbriata, Dej., Chevr., MS.

fasciata, Chevr., MS.
4-fasciata, Chevr., Reiche, MS.
var. A. semifasciata, Baly.
var. B. polyzona, Chevr., MS.

175 rufonotata, Chervr., MS. Braz.
decipiens, Chevr., MS.
176 tricruciata, Germ. Braz.

obsoleta, Chevr., MS.

ocellata, var., Dej., ILS.

clathrata, Dey. Cat.

var. A, tricincta, Germ.
simillima, Chevr., 0S.
ferrugineo-fasciata,

Chevr., MS.

var. B. clathrata,var., Chevr., MS.

177 divisa, Germ, Braz.
areata, Germ.
Langsdorfii, Dej. Cat.

178 melanocephala, Chevr., MS. Braz.
patricia, Dej. Cat.
eburata, nec Germ.
fasciata, Chevr., MS.

179 ligata, Chevr., MS.
fasciolata, Chevr., Dej. Cat.
var. A. bifasciata, Chevr., MS.

semimarginata, Chevr.,
MS.

Braz.

180 crux nigra, Chevr., MS. —_ Braz.
semifasciata, Chevr., MS.
inclusa, Dej., MS.

181 Murrayii, Clark, MS. Braz.

182 scissa, Germ. Braz.

trifasciata, Dej. Cat.
ramosa, var., Chevr., WS.

Rev. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

Var. A. textata, Chevr., US.
B. ramosa, Chevr., MS.

C. inclusa, Chevr., MS.
D. Paya.
E. vinculata, Chevr., MS.
S. Paul.
F, Braz.
G. ramosa, Chevr., MS., Dey.
Cat. Braz.
Ez Braz.
K. lepida, Dej. Cat. — Braz.
L. zebra, Chevr., MS. Braz.

M. ambigua, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

N. quagga, Schaum, MS.

©

PNiMd <n e RON

>

Var. BB.

CC.

DD.

KE,

FF.

GG.

183 bitzeniata, Chevr., ILS.

Braz.

. clitellaria, Chevr., ILS.

Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.
Braz.

. infamis, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
ruficollis, Dej., 3, MS.
blanda, var., De7., 2,

MS.

Braz.

Braz.
ornaticollis, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
arcuata, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
punctum, Chevr., MS.
lineatocollis, Chevr.,

MS. Braz.
punctum, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
fasciata, Deyr., MS.
Braz.

Lacordairei, Dej., MS.

169

princeps, Rezche, ILS.
phalerata, Schaum, MS.

184 Grayii, Clark, MS.

185 crucifera, Dej. Cat.
quadrina, Chevr., MS.
frenata, De., ILS.

Var. A. frenata, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
Braz.

B.

C.
186 contaminata, Clark, MS. Mex.
187 frenata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
188 ornata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
189 blanda, De7., ILS. Braz.

bipartita, Chevr., MS.

torquata, Cherr., 2, MS.

Var. A. ruficollis, Dej., IS.
lyncea, Chevr., MS.

B:

C.

D. conspicillata, Chevr., MS.
KE, tergosignata, Chevr., MS.
F. torquata, var., Chevr., MS.
M. Video.
G. Braz.
190 Bonariensis, Chevr., Dej. Cat.
B. Ayres.
191 interrupta, Clark, MS, Peru.
192 grossa, Clark, MS.
193 viridifasciata, Bug., MS. Columb.
viridicincta, Chevr., DLS.
194 intersignata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
trabeata, Schaum, MS.

Var. A. falsa, Chevr., Dej. Cat.
nobilis, var., Chevr., MS.
mesoleuca, Schaum, MS.

B. consobrina, Chevr., MS.
porosa, Chevr., MS.
195 cardinalis, Clark, MS. Amaz.
196 enea, Clark, MS. Amaz.
197 Cayennensis, Clark, MS. Cayenne.

198 beatula, Clark, MS. Amaz.
199 crucigera, Clark, MS. Amaz.
200 bifasciata, Baly. Amaz.
201 illustris, Dej. Cat. Cayenne.
202 Wallacei, Clark, MS. Amaz.
203 Lacordairei, Clark, MS. Amaz.
204 7-maculata, Clark, MS. Braz.

170
205 albicincta, Schawm, MS. Amaz.
206 oblonga, Clark, MS. Amaz.
207 numerata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
208 peregrina, Clark, MS. Amaz.
209 sejuncta, Clark, MS. Amaz.
210 decipiens, Clark, MS. Amaz.

211 pulchella, Cherr., MS, Columb.
abstersa, Deyr., MS.
ramosa, Chevr., MS.
Var. A. Columbica, Chevr., MS.
B. eburida, Chevr., MS.

212 formosa, Clark, MS. Braz.
213 submaculata, Clark, MS. Rio.
214 luteicollis, Clark, MS. Braz.

215 plebeia, Clark, MS. Upp. Amaz.

216 centurio, Clark, MS. Columb.
consularis, Chevr., MS.
ostrina, Chevr., MS.

217 fasciata, Fab., Oliv. W. Ind. Islds.
dimidiata, Oliv.
scutellaris, Chevr., MS.

Var. A. fasciata, Fab.
interrupta, Chevr., MS.
B. bicolor, Fab.
cincta, Oliv., MS.
Poeyi, Chevr., MS.

218 xanthomelas, Chevr., MS. Braz.
cincticollis, Chevr., MS.
cruciata, Chevr., MS.
eburata, Chevr., MS.
prolongata, Chevr., MS.

219 fallaciosa, Chevr., MS.
War. A,

220 quadriplagiata, Clark, MS. Braz.

221 nitida, Fab. Braz.
monilis, Germ.
flavofasciata, Chevr., MS.
festiva, Chevr., MS.

Var. A. leta, Chevr., MS.
unifasciata, Dej. Cat.
setipes, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

222 argutula, Clark, MS. Amaz.
223 dilecta, Chevr., MS. Braz.
unifasciata, Chevr., MS.
monilis, Chevr., MS.
224 metallescens, Clark, MS. Braz.
225 induta, Clark, MS. S. Amer.

Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

Para.
Braz.

226 mendica, Clark, MS.
227 variolaris, Clark, MS.
zonulata, Chevr., MS.
228 pectoralis, Clark, MS. Cayenne.
229 nobilitata, Fab., Oliv.
albocruciata, Dej., MS. Cayenne.

cruciata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
230 nivosa, Clark, MS. La Guayra.
231 ambita, Chevr., MS. Cayenne.

Veneris, Chevr., MS.
nobilitata, var., Chevr., MS.
crucigera, Reiche, MS.
cruciata, De., MS.
232 discicollis, Clark, MS. Braz.
233 albosignata, Clark, MS. Columb.
234 combusta, Clark, MS.
235 sulphureonotata, Clark, MS.

S. Cath.
236 terricolor, Clark, MS. Venez.
237 recta, Chevr., MS. Amiaz.

deplexa, Chevr., MS.
Mellei, Chevr., MS.
interrupta, Chevr., MS.
bicruciata, var., Dej., MS.

238 bicruciata, Dej. Cat. Braz.
succincta, Chevr., MS.

239 eeruginosa, Clark, MS. Braz.

240 contempta, Chevr., MS. Napo.

241 hbistrifasciata,C7k., MS. Tapayos.
242 nigromaculata, Reiche, MS. Braz.

243 idonea, Clark, MS. Teapa.
244 biplagiata, Deyr., MS. S.Cath.
245 libentura, Germ. Braz.

tetraspilota, Baly.
collaris, Chevr., MS.
6-guttata, Chevr., MS.
6-spilota, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

Rio.

margineguttata, var., Chevr., MS. |

246 auriculata, Clark, MS. Braz.
6-spilota, Chevr., MS.

247 viridizenea, Clark, MS. Braz.

248 faceta, Dej. Cat. Braz.
bifasciata, Cherr., MS.

249 felis, Clark, MS. S. Pauli |

250 talpa, Clark, MS. Braz.

251 femorata, Dey. Cat. Braz.

consanguinea, Chevr., MS.

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faceta, Chevr., MS.
cruciata, Dej., Chevr., MS.

252 quadricollis, Chevr., MS. Braz.
253 intermedia, Clark, MS. Braz.
254 coccineicollis, Chevr., MS. Braz.

rufifrons, Chevr., MS.

255 militaris, Clark, MS. Braz.
faceta, Chevr., MS.
256 cineracea, Clark, MS. Braz.
257 nimbata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
hypocrita, Chevr., MS.
faceta, var., Chevr., MS.
258 evanida, Chevr., MS. Braz.
faceta, var., Dej., MS.
259 frontalis, Clark, MS. Braz.
260 cervina, Clark, MS. Braz.
261 4-pustulata, Clark, MS. Braz.
262 abstersa, Clark, MS. Braz.
263 Schaumii, Clark, MS. Amaz.
264 mitis, Clark, MS. Braz.
265 selecta, Clark, MS. Braz.
266 gravida, Clark, MS. Braz.

267 pulchrior, Clark, MS.
268 bella, Baly.

269 6-signata, Clark, MS.
270 astuta, Clark, MS.

271 trimaculata, Clark, MS.

N. Granada.
Mexico.

272 Illigeri, Chevr., MS.
nigripes, De., MS.
picifrons, Chevr., MS.
nigroscutellata, Chevr., MS.
consularis, var., Chevr., MS.

273 consularis, Chevr., MS.
pallens, Reiche, MS.

274 Chevrolati, Clark, MS. Nicarag.

275 brunneo-signata, Bug., MS.

Columb.
276 dispar, Chevr., d, MS. Mex.

generosa, Chevr., MS.
amicta, Chevr., 9, MS.
4-maculata, Dej., MS.
persimilis, Reiche, MS.

277 labyrinthica, Clark, MS. Braz.

278 Balyi, Clark, MS.

geniculata, Chevr., MS.

Amaz.
Nauta.
Amaz.

Columb.

Bahia.

Amaz.
279 inscripta, Chevr., MS. Braz.

fusconotata, Chevr., MS.
6-maculata, Dey. Cat.

280 informis, Clark, MS. Braz.
E. Elytra otherwise marked.
281 12-notata, Clark, MS. Braz.

282 signaticollis, Clark, MS. Braz.

283 Batesii, Baly. Amaz.

284. fasciaticollis, Clark, MS. Braz.

285 inclusa, Clark, MS. Braz.
286 luctuosa, Chevr., MS. B. Ayres.
287 coccinelloides, Cik., MS. 8. Cath.

288 nigricollis, Chevr., MS. Braz.
crassipennis, Chevr., MS.
signaticollis, Deyr., MS.

289 variata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
4-maculata, Chevr., MS.
signaticollis, Chevr., Schaum, MS.
crassipennis, Chevr., MS.
tricruciata, nec Germ., MS.
10-signata, Chevr., MS.

290 nigropunctata, Clk., MS. Braz.

291 semipunctata, Clark, MS. Braz.

292 10-guttata, Oliv.
Chevrolati, Dey. Cat.
globosa, Chevr., MS. Mex.
Yucatana, Chevr., MS. Yucatan.
Areus, Chevr., MS.

293 pupillata, Chevr., MS.
ocellata, Chevr., MS.

294 12-guttata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
ocellata, var., Chevr., MS.
omophoites, Chevr., MS.
flavomaculata, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

Braz.
Braz.

295 Omophoites, Clark, MS. Vene-
zuela.

296 prasina, Clark, MS. Braz.
297 Fryii, Clark, MS. Braz.
298 Deyrollii, Clark, MS. Braz.
299 ingrata, Clark, MS. S. Cath.
300 antiqua, Clark, MS. Braz.
301 calvata, Clark, MS. Braz.
sinuatovittata, MS. M. Video.

302 20-notata, Chevr., MS. R. Grande.
303 amanda, Clark, MS. Nicaragua.
304 subimpressa, Clark, MS.
305 obliterata, Bug., MS.
3-punctata, Chevr., MS.

Braz.
Braz.

172 Rey. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

4-maculata, Chevr., MS.
6-punctata, Chevr., MS.
6-maculata, Chevr., MS.
bistripunctata, Chevr., MS.

306 fuliginicollis, Clark, MS. Mex.
307 geniculata, Clark, MS. Braz.
808 rufovittata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
Amaz.
810 Dohrnii, Clark, MS. Braz.

309 oculata, Fab. ?, MS.

811 biarcuata, Chevr. Cent. Mex. Col.

Mex.
312 maculifrons, Chevr., MS. Columb.

conformis, Chevr., MS.
annulata, Dej. Cat.

313 ambigua, Clark, MS. Amaz.
314 dubitans, Clark, MS. Cayenne.
315 lateralis, Clark, MS. iy

316 stolida, Clark, MS. p

317 risoria, Clark, MS. Yucatan.
318 germana, Clark, MS. Venez.
$19 tenuicincta, Clark, MS. Amaz.
320 composita, Clark, MS. Braz.
321 obliquata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
322 pudens, Clark, MS. Braz.
323 basipunctata, Clark, MS. Braz.
324 togata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
325 nupta, Clark, MS. Braz.
326 trivittata, Clark, MS. Braz.
327 nana, Clark, MS. Braz.
328 terminalis, Clark, MS. Braz.
329 picturata, Clark, MS. Braz.
330 graminis, Clark, MS. Amaz.

331 indistincta, Clark, MS. Cayenne.

332 bidens, Chevr., MS. ?

333 Senegalensis, Clark, MS. Senegal.
L. Huron.
335 conspurcata, Chevr., MS. Mex.

334 borealis, Clark, MS.

scabra, Chevr., MS.

336 apricans, Clark, MS. Columb.
obliterata, Chevr., MS.

337 castanea, Clark, MS. Amaz.

338 occidentalis, Clk., MS. Old Calab.

339 fastidita, Clark, MS. Mex.

340 Saundersii, Clark, MS. Amaz.

341 Wollastoni, Clark, MS. Amaz.

342 vagepunctata, C/k.,MS. Pennsylvy.
343 Thomsoni, Clark, MS. Braz.

344 rufomarmorata, Clark, MS. Braz.

345 Pilatei, Chevr., MS. Yucatan.
dorsalis, Pilate, MS.
biarcuata, Chevr., MS.

346 flavicans, Clark, MS. Cayenne.

347 fusconotata, Clark, MS. Braz.

348 6-maculata, 7. N. Amer.
349 pulex, Clark, MS. * Amaz.
350 rustica, Clark, MS. Braz.
351 nigrogeniculata, Clk., MS.

B. Ayres.
352 suturalis, Fab. ? N. Amer.
353 signata, Chevr., MS. Mex.

OMOPHOITA, Dej. Cat.

PrEeNA, Dej. Cat.

A. Elytra concolorous.
t Elytra flavous.

1 lactea, Clark, MS. Braz.

var. A. Braz.
2 designata, Chevr., MS. Braz.
3 lutea, Clark, MS. Braz.
4 simplex, Chevr., MS. Braz.
5 subfasciata, Dej., MS. Braz.

obsoleta, Chevr., MS.
6 cinctipennis, Cherr., MS. Mex.
7 glabrata, Clark, MS. Braz.
8 irrorata, Clark, MS. Braz.
9 pia, Clark, MS. Braz.
10 sordida, Clark, MS. Braz.
11 elongata, Clark, MS. Braz.
tt Elytra for the most part dark-
blue or black.
12 atra, Clark, MS. Mex.
13 cyanipennis, Fab. 8S. Domingo.
14 fimbriata, Clark, MS. Chili.
15 caliginosa, Clark, MS. Mex.
16 apricans, Clark, MS. Esp. Sant.
17 dorsalis, Clark, MS. Peru.
18 carbunculus, Clark, MS. Braz.
B. Elytra with longitudinal
markings.

19 Peruviana, Clark, MS. Peru.

Cc. Elytra with longitudinal inter-

rupted by transverse markings.

20 T-alba, Dej., MS. Braz.
21 Orbignii, Chevr., MS. Bolivia.

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22 cruciata, Oliv. Cayenne.
11-maculata, Chevr., MS.

Cayenne.
D. Elytra with transverse
markings.
t+ Elytra flavous, the markings being
darker.

23 6-guttata, Zi, Braz.
var. A. Braz.
var. B, 8-guttata, Chevr., MS.

Braz.

24 6-notata, Dej., Chevr., MS. Braz.
fastidiosa, Chevr., MS.
25 transversa, G'erm.
6-notata, var., Chevr., MS.
26 integra, Cher, MS. Cayenne.
27 longiuscula, Chevr., MS. Braz.
28 rufonotata, Chevr., MS.
Costa Rica.
29 submaculata, Clark, MS. Braz.

Braz.

30 rosea, Clark, MS. Braz.

31 episcopalis, Z7. Braz.
equestris, nec Oliv.

32 equestris, Clark, MS. Patr. P

33 leucaspis, Germ. Braz.

34 crucifera, Chevr., MS. Cayenne.
35 attenuata, Chevr., MS. Venezuela.
56 crux violacea, Chevr., MS. Braz.

37 fasciata, Clark, MS. Braz.

38 verticalis, Chevr., MS. Braz.
occipitalis, Oh. ?

39 pacta, De7., MS. Columbia.
pygmentata, Chevr., MS,

40 micans, Clark, MS. Amaz.

41 Saundersii, Clark, MS. Mex.
42 enea, Clark, MS.

tt Elytra dark, the markings being
flavous.

45 chryseis, Clark, MS. Costa Rica.

44 biteeniata, Chevr., MS. Bolivia.

Peru.

45 abbreviata, Fab., Oliv. Cayenne.

46 bicincta, Dej., MS. Cayenne.
abbreviata, Oliv.

47 4-fasciata, Fab. Cayenne.

rivularis, Dej., MS.
unicolor, Chevr., MS.

48 arida, Clark, MS. Minas Geraes.
49 albicollis, Fab. Guatemala.
50 comitessa, Chevr., MS. Venezuela.
51 tabida, Clark, MS. Costa Rica.

52 flexuosa, Clark, MS. Para.
53 rustica, Clark, MS. Para.
54 nobilitata, Fab., Ohv. Cayenne.
55 princeps, Clark, MS. Braz.

56 regina, Chevr., MS. N. Granada.

57 illusa, Chevr., MS. Braz.
58 ornata, Jil. Braz.
59 imperialis, Clark, MS. Amaz.
60 Philemon, Clark, MS. Amaz.

61 7-maculata, Chevr., MS. Cayenne.

62 5-signata, Chevr., MS. Braz.

63 Tocantinensis, Chevr., MS. Para.
4-signata, Chevr., MS.

_ 64 signata, Clark, MS. Amaz.
65 vernalis, Clark, MS. Para.
66 obscura, Clark, MS. Amaz.

67 splendidula, Clark, MS. Amaz.
68 melazona, Chevr., MS. Braz.
69 exoleta, Clark, MS. Up. Amaz.
70 bisellata, Chevr., MS. Para.

E. Elytra with transverse apical

and oblique humeral markings.

71 insolita, Chevr., MS. Braz.
6-signata, Dej., MS.
illigata, Cherr., MS. Columb.

var. A. complacita, Reiche, MS.

Braz.

var. B, Rostanei, Bug., MS.
Columb.
72 conjuncta, Clark, MS. Braz.
73 tortuosa, Chevr., MS. Braz.

74 hippodamia, Chevr., MS. Mex.
75 scutellata, Chevr., MS. Mex.
76 litteraticollis, Chevr., MS.

Guatemala.
77 scriptipennis, Clark, MS. Braz.
78 triangulifera, Chevr., MS. Bolivia.
79 angulonotata, Clark, MS. Braz.

10-notata, Dej., MS.

F. Elytra with transverse apical

and tortuous humeral markings.
80 signatifera, Dej.. MS. Columbia.

174 Rev. H. Clark’s Catalogue of Halticide.

G. Elytra with isolated spots.
t Elytra flavous, with dark spots.

81 nigropunctata, Chevr., MS. Mex.

tt Elytra dark, with flavous spots.

82 quadrina, Bug., MS. Mex.

levana, Bug., MS.
fenestrata, Chevr., MS.

83 Inca, Clark, MS. Peru.
84 4-notata, Fab., Oliv. Braz.

4-cuttata, nee Ohv.

85 ocellata, Chevr., MS. Braz.

Argus, Chevr., MS.
pavonina, Chevr., MS.
pupillata, Dej., MS.

86 rauca, Clark, MS. Braz.
Venezuela.
88 Amazoniensis, Clark, MS. Amaz.
89 senicula, Clark, MS. Costa Rica.
90 fulgida, Fab., Ohv. Cayen., Braz.

87 induta, Clark, MS.

91 albicollis, F., Oliv. Braz., Columb.
10-notata, var., Dej. Cayen., Mex.
92 equinoctialis, Clark, MS. Mex.,
Venez., Jamaica.
93 10-notata, Dej., MS. Braz.,Cay.,
Mex., Columb.
sequinoctialis, var., Ol.
rugosa, Chevr., MS.
obsoleta, Chevr., MS.
leucodera, Chevr., MS.
albicollis, var., Chevr., MS.
94 Patagonica, Chevr., MS.
Patagonia.
95 8-guttata, Dej., MS.
Braz., N. Granada.
maculipes, Chevr., MS.
bis 4-guttata, Chevr., MS.
leucocephala, Chevr., MS.
96 tetraspilota, Chevr., MS. Braz.

The examples which have formed the basis of the above Cata-
logue are from the cabinets of my friends Messrs. Baly, Bonvouloir,
Chevrolat, Deyrolle, Dohrn, Fry, J. Gray, Lacordaire, Miers, Murray,
Saunders, Schaum, Thomson, and Waterhouse, with the addition of
the collection of the British Museum: the material entrusted to me
for examination has been or is being returned to its respective
owners. JI am glad to be able to acknowledge the special advantage
that I have derived from the collection of M. Chevrolat, not so much
on account of the range of species contained in it (though this is
considerable), as by reason of the care and exactitude which had
manifestly been given to the separation of different species, and of
the same species from different localities. With regard to the fore-
going arrangement of the group, I may add that probably some of
the forms which in it are made to constitute separate species may
ultimately prove to be but sexual varieties. I have a suspicion that
Gdionychis 276 dispar and 23 atriventris are the two sexes of the
same insect, also 227 variolaris and 223 dilecta. As at present,
however, there is no absolute proof of this, I have had no alternative
but to register them provisionally as distinct species.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. X.— June, 1864.

XV.— Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley.—
Leprpoprera—Nympuatine. By H. W. Bares.

Tue group to which the present memoir relates comprises all those
genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera which agree in having atrophied
front legs in both sexes, chrysalides suspended freely by the tail, and
hind-wing cells open, or closed by rudimentary instead of perfect
tubular nervules. Our Nymphaline, therefore, include the families
Ageronide, Nymphalide, Eurytelidee, and part of the Morphide of
Doubleday and Westwood, as defined in Doubleday and Hewitson’s
‘Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera.’ Although many of the genera,
especially those tropical Eastern forms allied to Morpho, such as
Clerome, Amathusia, Discophora, Melanitis, &c., show, by their larvee
having forked tails, perhaps a nearer relationship to the Brassolide
and Satyride than to the rest of the Nymphaline, yet the character
of open hind-wing cells seems to bind together a tolerably natural
assemblage, and, in default of a better, may be taken as the leading
diagnostic mark of the group.

Whether the Nymphaline as here defined should be considered a
family or subfamily, I think, cannot be decided until the families and
subfamilies of the whole order have been worked out on a uniform
plan ; I have preferred, in a Table of the Diurnal Lepidoptera given
in a former paper published in this Journal (vol. i. p. 219), to treat the
group as a subfamily, believing that it differs from the allied sub-
families Heliconine, Danaine, Satyrine, &e., in about the same
degree as the Pierine differ from the Papilionine; the points of
distinction in all these cases not seeming to be of so important a
nature as those existing between the Nymphalide as a whole (in-
cluding Heliconine, Satyrine, &c.) and the Erycinide, or between
the families Lyceenide and Papilionide (Papilioninz and Pierine).

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176 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

The following Table of the section Rhopalocera, founded on an im-
perfect one given in the memoir above alluded to, will give a clearer
idea of what I consider to be the position of the Nymphalinc in a
linear series, commencing with the group which in a natural system
ought to stand at the head of the order.

Order LEPIDOPTERA.
Section Ruopatocera, or Drurna.

Family 1. Nymphalide. Front legs imperfect in both sexes; in
the 2 wanting the tarsal claws; inthe ¢ the fore tarsi
quite rudimentary, consisting of one or two spineless
joints. Pupa suspended freely by the tail.

a. Lower disco-cellular nervule of the hind wing perfect.

Subfam. 1. Danaine. Larve smooth, with fleshy processes.
Fore-wing submedian nervure of the imago double at -
its origin. (This subfamily includes the greater part of
the Heliconide of authors.)

Subfam. 2. Satyrine*. Larve with bifid tails, spineless. Palpi
of the imago generally compressed and fringed with
long hair-scales.

Subfam. 3. Brassoline. Larve generally with bifid tails, spine-
less. Hind wing of the imago furnished with a pre-
discoidal cell. (Pavonia, Opsiphanes, Dynastor, Dasy-
ophthalma, Penetes, Narope, Brassolis.)

Subfam. 4. Acreine. Larve studded with branched spines.
Palpi of the imago thick and scantily clothed with hair.

Subfam. 5. Heliconine. Larve studded with branched spines.
Palpi of the imago clothed with fine scales, and hairy in
front.

b. Lower disco-cellular nervule, at least of the hind wing, more or less
atrophied.

Subfam. 6. Nymphaline.

Family 2. Erycinide. Six perfect legs in 2; four in ¢’, the anterior
tarsi consisting only of one or two joints and spineless.

Subfam. 1. Libythwine. Pupa suspended freely by the tail.

Subfam. 2. Stalachtine. Pupa secured rigidly by the tail in an
inclined position without girdle.

* Dr. Felder has recently detected a commencement of bifurcation of the
base of the submedian nervure in Hetera and other genera of Satyridae—a fea-
ture which confirms the view, suggested by other parts of structure, of a near
relationship between the Dauainz and Satyrine.

of the Amazon Valley. — Lf

Subfam. 3. EHrycinine. Pupa recumbent on a leaf or other
object, and secured by the tail and a girdle across the
middle.

Family 3. Lycenide. Six perfect legs in 2; four in ¢, the anterior
tarsi wanting one or both of the tarsal claws, but densely
spined beneath. Pupa secured by the tail and a girdle
across the middle.

Family 4. Papilionide. Six perfect legs in both sexes. Pupa
secured by the tail and a girdle across the middle. (The
true Papiliones have a leaf-like appendage to the fore
tibiee—a character which approximates the family to the
Hesperide and Moths.)

Subfam. 1. Piertne. Abdominal margin of the hind wing not
curved inwards.

Subfam. 2. Papilionine. Abdominal margin of the hind wing
curving inwards.

Family 5. Hesperide. Six perfect legs in both sexes ; hind tibie,
with few exceptions, having two pairs of spurs. Pupa
secured by many threads, or enclosed in a slight cocoon.

A few words on the reasons which have compelled me to incorporate
the Morphide and Eurytelide with the true Nymphaline will be here
necessary. As to the family Ageronide, it was founded on a mistaken
observation regarding the position of the pupz, and has already been
referred to its true place by Dr. Felder in an essay on the Nympha-
lide which he has lately published*. The Morphide of West-
wood was from the first a heterogeneous group, comprising genera
having the hind wing-cell closed by perfect tubular nervules like the
Satyridz, and distinguished besides from all other groups by the pos-
session of a small prediscoidal cell in the same wings; together with
genera having the hind wing-cell open, and a plan of neuration not
differing essentially from the true Nymphaline. These latter genera
(Morpho, Thaumantis, &c.) seem to have a near relationship to the
Satyride, and a more distant one with the Brassolide, to which all
the genera with prediscoidal cells must be referred according to the
foregoing Table. But they exhibit no good character whereby they
may be distinguished from the Nymphalinze—a fact which Mr. West-
wood has admitted in his admirable treatise, since published, on the
Oriental species of the Morpho groupt. The old-world genera are

* Hin neues Lepidopteron, &c., Jena, 1861.
t Trans. Ent. Soc. vol. iv. new ser. part vi.

178 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

closely allied through Amathusia to Kallima, the larve of which
latter genus, discovered by Dr. Doleschall in Amboyna, have, ac-
cording to Dr. Felder, great resemblance to those of Junonia and the
Vanesse. As the larve of many of the other genera of Morphide
have forked tails like the Satyridee and most of the Brassolide, and
are moreover related by the same character to the larvee of Apatura,
we have at once evidence of the close alliance of the Morphidee with
the Nymphaline, and a proof of the intricacy of the relationships
which bind all the genera of Nymphaline together. These facts also
show that the resemblances between the larvee are not borne out by
those existing between the perfect insects of this family; although
a similar form of larva does undoubtedly persist through many
genera of this subfamily in harmony with resemblances between the
imagos.

The Eurytelid seem to have still less right than the Morphidee to .
constitute a separate family ; for none of the genera, except Melanitis,
possess anything in their structure to remove them from the neigh-
bourhood of such genera as Crenis or Pyrrhogyra. Melanitis differs
from the rest in the males of the perfect insects having pencils of
hairs on the hind wings, and in the larve having cephalic spines,
forked tails, and a smooth skin—characters which reveal a relation-
ship to the Apatura group, several genera of which have in the male
sex similar appendages on the hind wings; and to the eastern mem-
bers of the Morpho group, near which and the Satyrine Melanitis
ought to be placed. The larvie of the other genera, or at least such
as are known, have all the characters of Nymphaline of the Callithea
group; that is, spinose bodies, and heads surmounted by branched
spines. The larva of Didonis resembles that of Ageronia, in the
neighbourhood of which the genus would find its true position ;
Eurytela, Ergolis, and perhaps Hypanis would be better placed near
Crenis and Eunica ; Olina and Cystineura in the vicinity of Victorina
and Pyrrhogyra.

It will be apparent from these details that the subfamily Nympha-
line, although containing a great diversity of generic types, can
with difficulty be classed even into groups of genera. Some sort of
subdivision, however, is highly desirable for the sake of facilitating
the study of so extensive an assemblage, which now comprises no
less than 120 genera and 1200 described species. As far as the
American members are concerned, the genus Morpho may be detached
from the rest, and formed into a subdivision characterized by the
great size of the insects and the shape of the discoidal cell of the fore
wings. As to the remaining genera, I have tried in vain to discover

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characters at all constant for the formation of groups. There seem
indeed to be two distinct types of larve, namely, that of the Apatura
group, distinguished by the smooth skin and bifid head, which will
connect together Apatura, Charaxes, Prepona*, and a few other
genera; and that of Argynnis, Vanessa, and Limenitis, in which the
body is studded with branched spines. This latter or Vanessa type
seems again to be divisible into two, in one of which the head is
bifid and surmounted by two long branched spines (Epicalia, Cal-
lithea, Diadema, Ergolis, &e.), and in the other rounded and spine-
less (Argynnis, Vanessa, &c.).

We are now acquainted with the transformations of thirty-eight
genera of Nymphaline, and are thus enabled to test the value of
larval structure as a systematic character. The result is that the
value is very small; for cephalic spines reappear in members of the
Apatura group (Siderone, Paphia) and of the Argynnis group
(Colenis, Agraulis), thus weakening the importance of this charac-
ter; and again, one genus, Limenitis, shows a great diversity of larval
form between allied species, as may be seen on comparing figures of
the larvee of LZ. populi and L. Sibylla. Moreover the larve of some
genera are of quite an aberrant character, supplying no clue to the
affinities of the imagos; such are those of Timetes (7. Petreus figured
by Stoll), and Adolias Acontea (figured by Horsfield).

If we turn to the perfect insects, we find the intricacy of relation-
ships almost as great as that revealed by the larvee; for whether we
take the form and style of colouring of the wings, the neuration,
shape of antenne, palpi, or legs, we cannot discover amidst the great
diversity which exists in all these parts, any constancy of form
within any group of genera that may serve as points of distinction
from other groups of genera. Thus, although Apatura and Prepona
agree pretty well as to their larvee and the form of wings of the
imagos, they differ greatly in neuration, and to some extent also in
the antenne. Stderone, Protogonius, and other genera, again, belong
to the Apatura group in their larval condition, but differ much both
from Apatura and Prepona in their neuration. At the opposite end
of the subfamily we find a large number of genera allied to Argynnis
which agree in the shape and clothing of the palpi and in style of
coloration, and we seem to have here a natural group; but a
feature exists in some of the members of it (Colenis, Agraulis,
Clothilda), namely, the closure of the fore wing-cell by a perfect

* The transformations of Prepona have not yet been made known; I have,
however, bred P. Amphimachus and possess drawings of the larva and pupa.

130 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

tubular nervule (with an angle in the median nervure to receive this
nervule), that is seen again only in the genera of the Morpho group,
which, to all appearance, lie very widely apart from Argynnis.
These three Argynnite genera differ also from all the rest of the
Nymphaline in the claw-joint of the tarsi being free from appendages,
and in the claws themselves being long and nearly straight, instead
of strongly curved, as is usual in the subfamily. The Nymphaline,
therefore, would seem to be divisible into a rather large number of
minor groups, characterized by modifications in the neuration, form of
palpi, antenne, legs, and larvee, and not into the two or three primary
sections which some authors have attempted to establish.

But if the classification of the genera be thus a matter of great
difficulty, the definition of the genera themselves is a very easy task ;
for this highly beautiful assemblage of insects is one of those groups
which nature seems to have modelled on a large number of sub- ©
ordinate types, and in effecting this has obliterated those marks
which usually serve to link genera together in wider groups. The
members of each genus retain very generally a common facies, owing
to the shape and style of coloration of the wings being persistent
throughout a series of species, which, oftener than is usual in groups
of this extent, are demarcated by these features from the members
of other genera. In passing the Amazonian genera and species in
review, I shall follow the example of the latest and best authorities
in this family, by treating the suite of genera as a connected whole,
classing them simply into Nymphalitee and Morphite. The further
division of the subfamily into a number of minor sections, which I
haye mentioned as possible, cannot satisfactorily be done in a faunistic
work, but must be deferred until the Nymphalide of the whole world
can be examined.

The subfamily Nymphaline is well represented in the forest-plains
of the Amazons, 41 genera and about 160 species having been found
in this region by myself *. No less than 17 Tropical-American genera,
however, do not occur in this low equatorial wooded region. These
are—

Clothilda. Cybdelis. Lucinia.
Gnathotriche. Epiphile. Amphirene,
Synchloe. Heematera. Smyrna.
Morpheis. Batesia. Pycina.

Eurema. Calliteenia. Cymatogramma.
Pyrameis. Perisama.

* Eighty-one of these were new to science when I sent them to Europe.

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The absence of seven of these may be explained by the fact of their
being found only in mountainous regions, or at least in warm valleys
of a greater elevation than any part of the Amazons country. These
are Gnathotriche, Synchloé, Pyrameis, Cybdelis, Epiphile, Perisama,
and Pycina; Pyrameis being a genus characteristic of the temperate
zones of the whole earth, but found only in elevated places in the
neighbourhood of the equator, and quite absent from the banks of the
Amazons. Two other genera (Clothilda and Lucinia) are peculiar, or
nearly peculiar, to the West India Islands, and therefore could not be
expected to occur in the Amazons region. The same might have been
anticipated of two others, Morpheis and Cymatogramma, which inhabit
only the northern part of Tropical America. If we withdraw two of
the remaining six, namely, Callitenia and Batesia,—which, although
not observed along the centre of the Amazonian plain, inhabit its
northern and western confines,—there remain four whose absence can
with difficulty be accounted for, as they are mostly very common
insects, apparently in low-lying regions, to the north and south of the
Amazonian plains, and yet are entirely absent from the intermediate
country. These are,—1l, Hurema, which has representatives in New
Granada, Guatemala, and Mexico, to Texas and Kansas, and again
in South Brazil—one species, indeed (EZ. Lethe), being common to
these two opposite quarters—but yet is entirely wanting throughout
the whole equatorial region of the Amazons from east to west; 2,
Heematera, the species of which, inhabiting South Brazil and Vene-
zuela, seem to be local varieties of one and the same stock; 3, Am-
phirene, of which precisely the same may be said; and lastly, 4,
Smyrna, whose two species, like Hurema Lethe, are very common
insects from about 23° to 30° S. lat., and from 6° (probably at an
elevation) to 16° N. lat., and yet are completely unknown in the
intermediate Amazonian region. The explanation of these anomalies
in distribution seems to require the former existence of greater
facilities than now exist for the migration from northern to south-
ern regions (or vice versa) of insects which are apparently unable now
to sojourn in the intermediate forest-plains. This very interesting
question, however, which involves considerations regarding geolo-
gical and climatal changes that may have supervened in tropical and
subtropical America since the date of the first appearance of ex-
isting species, cannot be entered into in detail until we have much
more exact information of the range of genera and species (common
to north and south, but absent at least from the plains of the inter-
mediate equatorial zone) along the line of the Andes, under the
equator. It may be that such genera and species find even now a

182 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

free passage by this route, and that the still more singular reap-
pearance in the south temperate zone of genera characteristic of high
northern latitudes can be explained in the same way. We can only
hope that future travellers in New Granada, Ecuador, Peru, and
Bolivia will be careful to note the ranges, both horizontal and vertical,
of all the species they collect ; for by so doing they would contribute
greatly to the solution of this and many other kindred problems in
geographical distribution.

Of the 41 genera found on the banks of the Amazons, one only,
Antigonis, is peculiar to the region. The smallness of the number
common to the Amazons and the Old World is very remarkable, there
being only four, namely, Melitea, Junonia, Salamis, and Apatura. No
less than 28 out of the 41 are generally distributed in tropical and
subtropical America. Four are common and peculiar to Guiana with —
the Amazons (the Guiano-Amazonian province), besides three others
which extend a little further westward into Venezuela and New Gra-
nada. One genus, Pandora, is peculiar and common to the upper
part of the Amazons plains and New Granada; but there is not a
single generic group common and peculiar to the Amazons and Brazil
proper. From these details the high degree of peculiarity of the
Tropical-American fauna stands forth with great clearness; at the
same time the small proportion of genera limited to one or two parts
of the region shows how large are the diffusive powers of the insects
composing the subfamily. If we descend from genera to species,
however, we discover that this generality of distribution is not so
strongly marked ; for 74 out of the 160 Amazonian species are, as
far as at present known, confined to this part of Tropical America ;
32 are peculiar and common to Guiana and the Amazons, whilst 7 are
Brazilian, 9 New Granadian (or extending still further north), and 1
Bolivian. The number of peculiar Amazonian species will no doubt
be considerably reduced when the valleys of the Andes are better
explored ; but still the fact of numerous species and genera common
te the whole of Tropical America being confined to limited districts
within the region is sufficiently well established to lead us to expect a
large amount of peculiarity also in the Amazons plains ; and the whole
shows that the process of distribution must be a very slow one to
have caused so general a diffusion of genera, whilst the species, at a
given epoch, are so commonly restricted to limited areas.

Little can be said of general application regarding the habits and
natural history of the Nymphalinz of the Amazons region, As may
be seen from the foregoing remarks, the early states of the insects are

of the Amazon Valley. 183

much diversified, and it is the same with their haunts and modes of
fhght. A certain number of genera, belonging more especially to
the Argynnis and Vanessa groups, such as Colenis, Agraulis, Hu-
ptoieta, Melitea, Anartia, and Junonia, are seen only in open sunny
places, such as weedy plantations and the suburbs of towns and
villages or the borders of woods. These are never found in the
shades of the forest, and the food-plants of their larve are such as
grow only in open semicultivated places. It is interesting, there-
fore, to find that the only Amazonian genera which are closely re-
lated to the Argynnes and Vanesse of our own country are such as
inhabit a sort of localities that both regions afford, and not the great
tropical forest which harbours the peculiar forms of South America.
The Melitece of the Amazons are very small and plainly marked ;
indeed they cannot be compared for size and beauty of form and
markings with our English Athalia or Cinxia, and, like these north-
ern species, they frequent weedy and flowery places on the borders
of woods, flying low, and having somewhat of the floating motion in
their flight: unlike the insects of the Vanessa group, one only of
which (Junonia Lavinia) is found in the Amazons region ; for these
are irregular in the motions of their wings, and settle frequently.
Euptoieta Hegesia, the only butterfly of the Amazons region that has
a near resemblance to the Argynnes of Europe, inhabits the undu-
lating meadow-districts of the country which lie near the middle part
of the lower course of the river, and is never seen in the true forest-
districts. This species, which is about the size of Argynnis Lathonia,
flies about the lower herbage and flowering bushes in the same way
as our British Argynnes. There are two other Amazonian genera,
Anartia and Libythina, which accompany the Argynnite and Vanes-
site in their grassy haunts; but these generally prefer the marshy
meadows on the banks of rivers.

The rest of the Amazonian Nymphaline are denizens of the great
forest, and nearly all of the genera, as before remarked, are peculiar
to Tropical America; being creatures of the humid and luxuriant
sylvan domain which spreads over all the river-valleys, and extends
in most parts of the region far up the slopes of the mountains, skirt-
ing everywhere the margins of rivulets and torrents. One only of
these genera is found in Europe, namely, Apatura, two species of
which, inferior to our purple Emperor in size and beauty, inhabit the
banks of the Amazons. If we except the genus Hresia, the species
of which are no other than Melitee, with wings lengthened after the
manner of their inseparable companions, the Heliconw, and which
hover about low shrubs in the shade of the forest, the remainder of

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the Nymphaline, exclusive of the Morphite, may be classed, as re-
spects their habits, into five groups. The first comprises a series of
genera and species which resemble our Apatura Jris in manners and
style of flight. These live in the crowns of the forest-trees, and
descend only to the ground in sunny places to suck the moisture from
mud, moist sand, or ordure on the forest-pathways or the margins of
pools and streams. But it is the males almost exclusively that have
this latter habit, the females remaining in the forest, where their
mates join them, after their summer day’s separation, in the after-
noons when the sun is getting low. The males in very many of
these species are much more brightly coloured than the females, and
appear to be much more numerous. In some places, during the fine
season (August to October), they assemble by hundreds, sometimes
thirty or forty species together, of the most varied shapes and colours,
to sport about in muddy places exposed to the morning sun, Cata-
gramme and Callithee, with liveries of velvety crimson and black, or
sapphire and orange; Hunicw, with purple hues glancing in the
sunlight as they fly; swallow-tailed Timetes of many species ; silky-
green Eubages ; blue, white, and black Megistanes, tailed like the
Charaxes Jasius of Europe, and many other kinds less conspicuous
in colour and form, are all seen together, either settled on the ground
or swiftly flying to and fro above it. If the day becomes cloudy or
windy, the sensitive creatures gradually betake themselves to the
shelter of the neighbouring forest. Warm, calm, gleamy weather
seems the most favourable to their appearance in the open places, a
few females sometimes venturing from the forest at these times to
join the company.

The second group is formed by such species as, having similar
habits to those of the first group, never or very seldom leave the
forest. Most of the richly coloured Epicalie belong to this category,
and also the Z’emenes and others. These have, like many of the pre-
ceding, a rapid and irregular flight, the males settling for a few
moments at a time on foliage where a ray of sunlight pierces the
shades. The third group consists of species allied to the Limenites
of Europe, such as the Heterochrow, many kinds of Eubagis, the
Pyrrhogyre, and others, all of which fly about the lower trees in
thinned parts of the forest, and have a floating, partly horizontal, and
wheeling flight. If they are disturbed when settled on a leaf near
the ground, they wheel round in flying off and settle on a higher
place, and so on, until they are out of reach. The fourth group, also
shade-lovers, are such as settle only on the trunks of trees ; these are
the Gynecie and Callizone, which hold their wings erect in repose,

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the Eetime and Pandore, whose wings are partly open, partly closed,
when they settle, and the Ageroniw, which extend their wings flat on
the trunks of trees. These latter are most peculiarly coloured, and
differ much from all other Nymphaline in their habits, as will be
familiar to all readers of travels in Brazil. Lastly, the fifth group is
composed of numerous genera and species closely related to our purple
Emperor, which also live habitually in the forest, but have a most
rapid flight, and settle frequently on outstretched branches or foliage.
They are all bold creatures, not moving from their perches until
driven off, and, even when scared away, returning to them after a
few minutes’ absence, dashing meanwhile with arrowy swiftness along
the forest-alleys. Such are the species of Agrias, the most beautiful
genus in the whole subfamily ; the Prepone, the Siderones, and the
Paphie, of all of which there are numerous species in the Amazons
region, some of them extremely common.

A few words may be said, in conclusion, regarding the habits of the
species of the Morpho group. These have no resemblance whatever
to those of any of the genera of Nymphaline ; but what lessens the
value, in a classificatory sense, of this distinction is, that the Vorphos
differ quite as much amongst themselves as they do from the Nym-
phaline. They are all, it is true, creatures of the great forest; but
whilst some have a flapping and undulating flight, straight onward
along the alleys of the forest, and near the ground, others are never
seen, except steadily gliding with outstretched wings from 20 to 100
feet above the ground, where they move across sunny spaces between
the crowns of the taller trees. The low-flyers are M. Achilles, M,
Deidamia, M. Menelaus, and their subspecies; the high-flyers, 1.
Uraneis, M. Rhetenor, M. Telemachus, M. Cisseis, and M. Hecuba :
the three latter of which are very seldom observed to flap their wings
as they lazily fly along, whilst Uraneis and Ehetenor do so at every
dozen or so yards of their course. Achilles and its allies, moreover,
settle frequently on the ground to suck the juices from fallen fruit, in
the company of Temenis Ariadne, Nica sylvestris, and other Nym-
phaline, besides Satyridz of the genera Antirrhea, Taygetis, Hetera,
&e.; but the members of the other section of the Morphos never de-
scend to the ground. Indeed it is only very early on calm sunny
mornings and towards midday, just before a thunderstorm, that they
are tempted or forced to descend from their great elevation.

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LEPIDOPTERA DIURNA.
Family Nymphalide.

Subfamily Nymep HALT NH.
Group NymeHALirs.

Genus Conanis, Doubleday.

The species of Colenis are seen only in open, sunny places ; such
as waste grounds, gardens, and the borders of woods, where flowering
bushes grow. ‘They are never found in the great forest, but seem
to*be attendants on man, making their appearance wherever a clear-
ing is commenced in the woods. They have not a very rapid flight,
nor much of the floating mode of progression when on the wing, but
move about somewhat irregularly and settle frequently, their attrac-
tion being always flowers, and never moisture or filth on the ground,
as is the case with the more typical genera of Nymphaline. There
can be no doubt that the Colenes are closely related to the Heli-
conine (Heliconius and Eueides); indeed the only difference of im-
portance is the absence of a lower disco-cellular nervule from the
hind wings—a character which brings them within the pale of the
Nymphaline. The genus is related, on the other hand, to the
Argynnes of temperate climates, through the genera Agraulis and
Clothilda.

1. Colenis Dido, L.

This handsome and well-known insect is generally distributed
throughout the Amazons region, its great expanse of wing and
clear grassy-green colour making it a conspicuous object in all semi-
cultivated places near settlements. Guiana and Amazonia seem to
be the headquarters of the species.

2. Colenis Pherusa, L.
P. Phetusa, Cramer, 130 B. c.

Also a generally distributed and common insect, found in com-
pany with C. Dido. Its range seems to extend farther to the north
than C. Dido, as Mr. Osbert Salvin found it abundantly in Guatemala,
where its companion did not occur.

3. Colenis Julia, Fab.
P. Alcionea, Cramer, 215 A. F. G.

Equally common and widely dispersed with O. Pherusa. It
ranges over nearly the whole of Tropical America.

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Genus Acravtis (Boisd.), Blanchard.

The remarks made on the genus Colenis apply equally to the
Agraules. The two genera form part of a small group distinguished
from the rest of the genera allied to Argynnis (1) by the fore-wing
median nervure forming, at a distance from its terminal fork, an
angle to receive the disco-cellular nervule, and (2) by the tarsal
claws being long and apparently free from appendages.

4, Agraulis Juno, Fab.
P. Juno, Cramer, 215 B. c.

The range of this species seems to be pretty nearly coincident with
those of Colenis Pherusa and C. Julia; but the insect appears to be
subject to a greater amount of local modification than these two. In
the humid forests of Ecuador, on the western slope of Chimborazo,
at an elevation of 3000 or 4000 feet, the type seems to be wholly
replaced by one of these local forms, which is so well-marked as to
deserve a separate name and mention*.

5. Agraulis Lucina, Felder.
A. Lucina, Feld, Faun. Lep. R. Negro Sup. no. 76.

This recently described species differs from Ag. Juno in the outer
margin of the fore wing being straight instead of strongly incurved
in the middle, and in the under surface of the hind wing having only
one silvery spot on the disk instead of many. It was a common
species at Ega, Upper Amazons, flying over flowering bushes on the
borders of the forest. The specimens described by Dr. Felder came
from the Upper Rio Negro; the species therefore has a range of
small extent over the interior of the continent.

6. Agraulis Vanille, L.
This well-known and very common species has the widest range
of all the members of the Colenis and Agraulis groups, being found

* Agraulis Andicola. Wings of the same shape but much shorter than in Ag.
Juno, measuring only from 2" 9'" to 3'' in expanse, whilst Ag. Juno reaches in
its smallest examples 3'' 3''. Above orange-tawny, as in 4g. Juno, but duller
in hue: the outer and apical borders of the fore wings, instead of being broad,
irregular, black, and much widened at the apex, are narrow, neatly circumscribed,
and of a faded brown colour. The two short black costal belts are also paler.
The border of the hind wing consists of two undulated lines, one marginal, the
other submarginal. The silvery spots of the under side offer no difference
worthy of noté from those of 4g. Juno.

Western roots of Chimborazo. Sent in some number by Mr. Spruce, the
well-known botanical traveller.

188 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

throughout Brazil, and as far north as the Southern States of
Northern America, including the West India Islands.

Genus Evproreta, Doubleday.

This genus of Fritillaries forms the nearest approach that Tropical
America offers to the beautiful Argynnis group, so rich in species
and abundant in individuals im the northern temperate zone in both
hemispheres. It differs from Argynmnis in the pulvillus between the
tarsal claws being inconspicuous instead of largely developed, and in
the claws themselves being long and straight, instead of short and
curved as in Argynnis. In neuration also it differs much from
Argynnis proper (Lathonia, Paphia, &c.), but approximates closely
to the section Brenthis (Euphrosyne, Dia, &c.). In fact the species,
both in neuration and style of colouring of the underside of hind
wings, show a decided affinity to a section of the group Brenthis
which is peculiar to the extreme south of South America, where a
little isolated colony, as it were, of Argynnes is located in Chili and
the Falkland Islands.

7. Euptoieta Hegesia, Cram. 209 &. F.

Abundant in open grassy tracts of country, or campos, in the
middle part of the Lower Amazons, both on the north and south
sides of the river; flying slowly, and settling on flowering leguminous
shrubs and other plants; never seen in the forests. The species
has a wide range, being found in South Brazil, and throughout
Guiana, as far north as Guatemala, where it occurs in company with
the closely allied Huptoieta Claudia, without showing transition
forms. Further north, in North America and in the West India
Islands, Claudia alone is found.

Genus Metirmxa, Auct.

8. Melitea Liriope, Cramer, 1 ¢. D.

A common insect in open, weedy, and shrubby places near towns ;
flying in a sailing manner over low bushes. The Amazonian examples
agree pretty closely with the figure of Cramer, which was made from
a Surinam specimen. The species is found throughout Brazil to Rio
Grande, in 30° south latitude ; in this southern part of its range it
recedes considerably from the Guiano-Amazonian form, becoming
clearer in colour, with the dark-brown border and the oblique belt
of fore wings narrower, darker, and more clearly defined (Acrea
Claudina, Esch., Kotzebue’s Reise, pl. vii. f. 18 a, 6; Arg. flavia,
Godt. Ene. Méth. ix. 818.66). Westward, towards the bottom of the

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eastern slopes of the Andes, at Canelos in Equador, it is still further
modified, forming a local variety which merits a separate name and
mention*,

9. Melitea fragilis, n. sp.

3 Q. Wings narrower than in M. Liriope; the hind wings being very
little broader than the length of the abdomen. Above: pale and rather
clear orange-tawny. Fore wings with a yarrow dark-brown outer border,
wider at the apex, where it is sinuated on its inner edge in the direction
of the costa ; basal half of the costa with an irregular brown border (in
some specimens almost wanting), crossed by a few thin wavy lines, which
sometimes extend into the cell. Hind wings with a narrow, distinct dark-
brown outer border, lunulated on its inner edge; rest of the wing free
from markings. Beneath: a little paler, with a marginal lunulated line
of a darker hue, the fore wings having a paler subapical spot, and the hind
wings numerous transverse wavy lines from the base to beyond the middle,
followed by a row of spots and a submarginal lunulated line, all of a
darker tawny shade than the ground-colour of the wing. Subcostal
nervure of the fore wings emitting its first branch a little before, and its
second a considerable distance after, the end of the cell.

This species seemed wholly to replace MZ. Liriope on the banks of
the Cupari, a branch of the Tapajos, where it was common in weedy

- cacao-groves. I was inclined to think it only a local variety of Liriope,

seeing that this is very vacillating in its markings; but the narrow-
ness of its wings forms a structural character which shows a wider
divergence from Liriope than that which a mere local modification
would present. I have lately seen many examples of the same species
from the interior of Guatemala, where it seems to be unaccompanied
by Liriope. The Guatemala form, however, differs from the Cupari

* Local var. M. Pastazena. The same in size and form as the type, except
that the fore wings are a little more pointed. Above: orange-tawny ; fore wings
with a broadish brown costal border, terminating abruptly at two-thirds the
length of the wing, and crossed by a few indistinct short wavy lines; outer
border brown, broadest at the apex, where it is sinuated on its inner edge. Hind
wings with a very narrow, clearly defined, dark-brown border, which becomes a
thin submarginal line before reaching the anal angle. Beneath: much paler, as
in M. Liriope, without brown marks or borders, exhibiting only a lunulated sub-
marginal line, preceded by a row of spots of a darker tawny than the ground-
colour, the discoidal cell of the fore wings and the base and disk of hind wings
having a few transverse wavy streaks of the same hue. Subcostal nervure of the
fore wings emitting its first branch a little before, its second a considerable dis-
tance after, the end of the cell, as in M. Liriope, M. Tharos, and the allied species.
Canelos banks of the Pastaza, in eastern Equador; collected by Mr. Spruce.

Melitea Cocyta, Cram. 101 a. 8. c. (Morpheus, Fab.), given, probably errone-
ously, as a native of Surinam, is the same as (or a slight variety of ) M@. Tharos,
a North-American species.

190 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

examples in the much narrower border, which is sometimes entirely
wanting on the hind wings, and in the fore wings does not show the
characteristic sinuation near the apex. It may be, therefore, that
both the Guatemala insect (which we will call local var. Guate-
malena) and our M. fragilis are local modifications of Liriope ; but
it seems hardly likely that nearly the same variety would be pro-
duced in two widely distant localities.

10. Melitea Amazonica, n. sp.

3 9. Expanse 1” 8’. In size and general colour the same as M.
Liriope ; differs chiefly in wanting the subapical oblique dark-brown stripe
of the fore wings, and in the first subcostal branch of the same wings being
emitted after the end of the cell. Fore wing above orange-tawny, with a
very broad outer border of a blackish-brown hue, broken on its inner edge
by traces of orange-tawny lunules, which are more or less distinct accord-
ing to the individuals. The costal border is tawny brown, broken in two
places by spots of the ground-colour of the wing, and emitting a number
of thin wavy brown lines, some of which near the base traverse the breadth
of the wing. Hind wing above orange-tawny, with a blackish-brown outer
border of the same breadth as that of the fore wing, and having a row of
thin orange-tawny lunules in its middle. The borderis preceded by arow
of small dark spots, which are each surmounted by a dusky circumflex :
the base of the wing traversed by a number of thin wavy brown lines.
Beneath: all wings of the same pale hue as in M. Liriope. The basal
halves are traversed by thin waves of a darker tawny shade, exterior to
the last of which is a row of spots, and near the outer margin a lunulated
line. What distinguishes M. Amazonica, in the colour of the underside,
is the absence of large pale spots near the apex of the fore wing; all the
thin lines and spots crossing the wing uninterruptedly from the costa to
the hind margin. First branch of the subcostal nervure of the fore wing
emitted at a distance from the end of the cell.

This species is distinguished from M. Ziriope and all other known
Melitee by the peculiarity mentioned in the neuration of the wings; it
is common and generally distributed throughout the Amazons region
in the same situations as its congeners.

Genus Eresta, Doubleday.

The Hresie: are true forest-dwellers. They do not, however, differ
much in any essential character from the Melitee, which, as all Euro-
pean entomologists well know, inhabit only meadows or open, heathy,
and flowery places. The Melitew of Tropical America, which differ
a little in the shape of the palpi and in length of wing from the
northern members of the genus, form the connecting link between
the two genera; so that the Hreste may be looked upon as forest

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Melitece with wings lengthened in the manner of the Heliconiz. The
‘species have a low and rather weak flight.

11. Eresia Eunice, Hiibner, Samml. Ex. Schm.
(2 =FPella, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eres. f. 2.)

A very common insect in thinned parts of the forest throughout
the Amazons region. It flies near the ground in a floating and
hovering manner, settling now and then on low plants. I have never
seen it on the outside of the forest. The species varies much accord-
ing to locality, following in the local variation of its colours the same
rule as Mechanitis Polymnia, Heliconius Numata, and other fulvous-
coloured butterflies; that is, having lighter belts -across the fore
wings in the region near the Atlantic, and becoming more uniform
in tint in the interior of the continent. The shape of the black
streaks also varies.

The following are the chief local varieties :—

1. Typical form.—Fore wing with an oblique median blackish-
brown belt, thickest along its costal half, and touching the outer
border; on each side of this is an ochreous belt, which is palest
in the 2. Disk of hind wing also paler than the ground-colour.
Apical part of fore wing without pale spot in ¢, but having one
in the 9 .—Abundant near Para, and showing little variation
within the district.

2. Tapajos form.—Median dark belt of fore wing broken into three
spots in both sexes, namely, one close to the costa, a second in
the middle, a third adherent to the outer border; on each side
of the belt the wing is ochreous, paler in the 9. Disk of hind
wing concolorous. Apical part of fore wing with a small pale
streak in both sexes.—This form prevails in the dry woods of
Santarem and the Tapajos.

3. Upper Amazons form.—Median dark belt of fore wing in the ¢
reaching only halfway from the costa aeross the wing. Ground-
colour of all wings uniform orange-tawny, including the spot in
the apical part of the fore wing; in the 9 the median dark belt
is of the same shape as in the typical form, and the belt exterior
to this is of an ochreous hue.

4, Eresia Olivencia.—In company with No. 3, at St. Paulo de
Olivencia, there occurred individuals which diverge so much
from the type as to merit a separate name. The ground-colour
is clear orange-tawny. The median dark belt is well defined,
but reaches little more than halfway across the wing ; the apical

part having an orange-tawny blotch. The dark streak on the
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192 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinee

hind margin of the fore wing, found in all the other varieties, is
here absent. Beneath, it differs considerably from its kindred
varieties in the outer border of the hind wings, which, instead
of having a row of pale lunules bordered by a lunulated dusky
line, has simply a submarginal line of straight dusky streaks,
and no pale lunules.

12. Eresia Aveyrona,n.sp. (Pl. X. fig. 4.)

Q. Similar in size and shape to Er. Eunice. Expanse 2" 2'", Unclear
orange-tawny. Fore wing above with a dark-brown costal border, ter-
minating beyond the middle, where it joins an oblique median belt of the
same hue, whichis of nearly uniform breadth, and extends to the outer
border, Apex of the wing broadly dark brown; outer border of the same
hue, narrow. Between the median belt and apex the colour of the wing
is slightly paler. Middle part of the hind margin occupied by a dark-
brown stripe. Hind wing above with a basal stripe and a broadish outer
border dark brown, the border towards the anal angle having an orange-
tawny streak. Beneath: fore wing nearly the same as above, but paler, the
apex having a whitish spot, through which, parallel to the outer margin,
is a thin dusky line. Hind wing with a short basal streak, and following
it a subcostal one, which joins at the apex a narrow brown outer border,
which extends to the abdominal margin, and has a shining-white line
along its centre. A line of dark streaks runs not quite parallel to and at
a short distance from the outer border. Antenne black. Club beneath
ochreous.

At Aveyros, on the Tapajos: one example only.

13. Eresia Nauplia, Linn.; Cram. 316. k.

A yery common insect in the same situations as Eresia Eunice,
namely, in thinned parts of the forest ; flying low, over bushes and
shrubs.

14. Eresia Clara (nob.)—Cram. 316 r.G. (as Nauplia, 3).

This species has always been confounded with £. Nauplia; Cramer
considering it as the ¢. I took both sexes of each in about equal
numbers, and find the differences between the’two forms (well given
in the figures of Cramer) quite constant. It is remarkable that the
two sister species are always found in company, and, judging from
the fact of their having been confounded, they appear to have always
been received mingled together from Tropical America. An analogous
instance of two closely allied species being constant companions is
furnished by Dircenna Rheo and Epidero, of the family Heliconide ;
this case is the more remarkable as the insects are not generally dis-

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tributed, but confined to circumscribed localities, scattered here and
there over a wide region ; but wherever one is found, there surely is
to be seen its companion species. In another instance of inseparable
species, namely, Heliconius Doris and H. Erato, I found by rearing the
two from the same brood of caterpillars that they were two forms of
one species only. I cannot think, however, that this will prove to
be the case with Eresia Nauplia and E. Clara, or with Dircenna Rheo
and D. Epidero ; for the points of difference in both these instances are
multiple, instead of consisting of a mere substitution of colour, as in
Heliconius Doris and H. Erato.

In a large collection of butterflies lately made in Guatemala by
Mr. Osbert Salvin, I find many examples of Hresia Clara, but none
of H. Nauplia ; so that here one only of the companion forms appears
-to occur.

Genus AnarTia (Hiibn.), Doubleday.

A group peculiar to Tropical America, and not very closely related
to any other known genus. Its nearest affinity seems to be with
Oynthia, a genus peculiar to South-eastern Asia. The species have
the habits and mode of flight of the Vanesse and Junonia, and are
found only in open, weedy, and bushy places, chiefly in the neigh-
bourhood of towns.

15, Anartia Jatrophe, UL.

A very common insect in all waste places thro®ghout the country.
It seems to be equally common throughout the whole of Tropical
America, undergoing scarcely any local modification.

16. Anartia Amalthea, L.; Clerck, Icon. pl. 40. f. 3.

Also a common insect, preferring, however, the moister districts.
It extends southward as far as 50° S. lat., undergoing some little
local modification.

Genus JunoniA (Hiibn.), Doubleday.

The Junonie are chiefly an old-world group, their metropolis being
South-eastern Africa, with Madagascar ; although one or more species
occur in the hot zones of the whole world. They are amongst the
most richly ornamented of the whole section of Diurnal Lepidoptera,
and are closely related to Pyrameis, the genus which embraces our
Red Admiral and Painted Lady butterflies. The species are very
similar in habits and mode of flight to these familiar insects, and to

the Vanesse ; having very little of the floating motion of the typical
Nymphaline, and flying near the ground in open, flowery, and bushy

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194 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinse

places. One species only is found in the Amazons region, and there
only in the neighbourhoods of the larger towns.

17. Junonia Lavinia, Cramer, 21 c. p., and 203 ¢. D. (var.).

A common insect in grassy lanes and old gardens near Parad. It
varies considerably in colours and markings.

Genus Satamis, Boisduval.

This genus is combined with Junonia by some authors, but very
incorrectly, as it tends to make the group a very heterogeneous
assemblage. The true Salames seem to be confined to Africa and
Madagascar (J. Sabina, an eastern species included by Doubleday in
this section, belonging to a different group, probably to Rhinopalpa
of Felder) ; the occurrence, therefore, of a solitary species in Tropical
America is somewhat remarkable. I doubt much, however, if our
S. jucunda can be retained in the genus; the direction of the second
subcostal branch of the fore wing being very different from that of
the species with which it has been associated. The absence of lobe
or angle from the outer margin of the hind wing is also a distin-
guishing character. I think it convenient to treat it provisionally
as a subgenus (Napeocles); the relation of which to Salamis seems
to be pretty nearly the same as that of Siderone to Paphia.

18. Salamis (Napeocles) jucunda, Hibn. Samml. Ex. Schm.

*This fine insect, which, as already observed, has no near relative
in Tropical America, is found only in swampy and thinned parts of
the forest that clothes the delta-lands of the Amazons, in the neigh-
bourhood of Para, on the island of Maraj6, and near the mouth of the
Tocantins. It prefers the humid cacao-groves on the islands, settling
on fallen fruits; its flight is low, but exceedingly swift.

Genus Evunica (Hibn.), Felder.

Syn. Cybdelis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt.
Myscelia and Callianira, Doubleday, in D. & H. Gen. Di. Lep.

butterflies whose larvae, as far as known, have long-branched spines
to their heads, besides the usual shorter-branched spines on the seg-
ments of the body. They are all strong in flight, although differing
in habits and mode of progression, as explained in the introduction.
The Eunice have no close relationship to any of the foregoing genera,
but are intimately linked by intermediate forms with several of those
which follow, such as Callicore, Antigonis, Epicalia, and so forth.

of the Amazon Valley. 195

Like most of the typical Nymphaline, the males in the great majority
of the species differ greatly in colours and in habits from the females ;
being adorned with glossy blue and violet hues on a black ground,
whilst their partners are dull brown with white spots; and leaving
their females in the woods to resort with crowds of their fellows to
sport in the sunshine, or imbibe moisture from the margins of streams
and muddy places.

19. EHunica Phasis. (Pl. IX. fig. 3).
E. Phasis, Feld. Faun. Lep. R. Negro Sup. no. 85.

Found sparingly in the interior of the country ; on the banks of
the Tapajos, and on the Upper Amazons and Rio Negro. The male
in this species wears the plain livery of the females of the genus.

20. EHunica Anna, Cramer, 218 a. B.

Ega, Upper Amazons; rare. The species was confounded by Godart
(whose error has been copied by subsequent authors) with P. Maia of
Fabricius. The Fabrician species, as I have had an opportunity of
ascertaining by the examination of the standard example in the
Banksian collection, is quite different, and appears to be the 2 of
a South-Brazilian Hunica recently figured by Herrich-Schiiffer as
Cybd. Neris. The description given by Fabricius of the underside
of the hind wing is very clear, and not at all applicable to P. Anna
of Cramer.

21. Eunica Malvina, nu. sp. (Pl. IX. fig. 2, 2 a.)

3. Expanse 2" 10’. Size and general appearance of EZ. Anna and E.
Careta; differs in colours and in the shape of the palpi, which are short
and closely applied to the forehead. Above: fore wing very slightly fal-
eate, brown, with the basal half dull-slaty black, this colour extending
along the costa to three-fourths the length of the wing, and not marked
with a quadrate pale-brown spot as in Z. Anna. Hind wing not pro-
longed at the anal angle, brown. Beneath: fore wing greyish, with the
discal half dark brown, crossed by a belt of three pale spots; another
shorter macular belt lies on the outer edge of the dark-brown patch, and
is bordered by four black ocelli, with bluish pupils, exterior to which is
a curved dark-brown streak. Hind wing purplish grey, with three white
patches, two on the costa and one (more elongate) on the disk; there are
three ocelli, the apical one of which is bipupillated, and shows the com-
mencement of a fourth ocellus on its lower edge, the pupils being black,
with blue central points; there are also the following reddish-brown
marks !—a streak near the base, extending from the costa to the subcostal
nervure ; a large triangular spot in the middle of the costa, which is con-
tinued as a strongly waved line across the wing to the abdominal nervure ;

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two spots in the middle of the cell, and a streak over the lower disco-cellular
-nervule ; and, lastly, a slender submarginal line along the outer border,
thickened on the costa and at the anal angle. The palpi are short, and
closely applied to the forehead ; so that ee are scarcely visible when the
insect is viewed from above.

2. Same beneath as the ¢, except that the white spots are larger and
brighter. Above brown, apical half of fore wing black, crossed by two
belts of large and clear-white spots, three in each belt. The palpi are of
moderate length, pointed, and projecting in the usual way.

I found this species both on the Upper and Lower Amazons, but
it was nowhere common.

22. Eunica Concordia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 1,3.

Q. Same shape as the ¢, and, beneath, the same in markings. Above
lightish brown; apical half of fore wing dull black, with a brown spot near
the hind angle, and crossed by two belts of white spots, three in each belt.
Hind wing with a submarginal row of dusky lunules.

Banks of the Tapajos and the Upper Amazons ; common at Ega.

23, Eunica Mygdonia, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix. 416. 208.

Godart states that his description applies to the female, this being
the only sex known to him; but his expression, “‘ cing taches blanches
peu distinctes,” suits better for the fore wing of the male than that of
the female. The species is of the same size as H. Anna and EL. Mal-
vina ; but the produced apex of the fore wing is distinctly truncated,
whilst it is rounded in those two allied forms. The following is a |
brief diagnosis of both sexes of H. Mygdonia,

do. Wings, above, brown, with a violet tinge ; hind wing with a dark
submarginal line: fore wing apex produced and truncated, apical portion
crossed by two belts of obscure pale spots, three spots in the inner, two
(rather whiter) in the outer belt. Beneath: hind wing purplish brown,
with chestnut-coloured markings disposed as in 2. Malvina; the ocelli,
four in number, arranged two and two, of a lighter hue, with dusky irides
and faint purple-brown pupils.

Q. Above pale brown; apical half of fore wing darker, and crossed by
two belts, each composed of three distinct white spots.

The chief distinguishing character of the species, next to the colour
of the g, is the two pairs of hind-wing ocelli; the purple pupils of
which are sometimes obsolete.

A common insect on the Upper Amazons, extending eastward as
far as Villa Nova. Godart’s example came from Brazil.

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24. Eunica Careta, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 11, 12, g.

©. Same shape as the >. Above purplish brown, shining. Apical
half of fore wing black, crossed by two macular belts of clear-white spots,
three in each belt. Beneath much paler than the ¢; hind wing being
of a light-ashy hue.

A very common species at Ega, Upper Amazons ; but found no-
where else, as far as I am aware.

25. Eunica Celina, Godt. Ene. Méth. ix. 822.

This South-Brazilian species was one of the rarest of its genus on
the Upper Amazons. I met with males only. Its flight is more rapid
than that of its congeners.

26. Eunica Cinara, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 2, ¢.

Upper Amazons, at Ega, Tunantins, and St. Paulo. The 9? is un-
known.

27. Eunica Celma, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 3, ¢.

This very handsome-species appears to be extremely rare; I met
with a few examples only at Ega. The 2 is unknown.

28. Eunica Bechina, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 10, 3.

@. Same shape asthe g. Above light purplish brown, shining. Apical
half of fore wing crossed by two macular belts, each of three clear-white
spots. Beneath, it differs from the ¢ only in being of a lighter hue.

Upper Amazons: an abundant species. It does not seem to be
found in any other part of South America; but, from the great re-
semblance of the undersides, it appears very probable that Hunica
Evelide of New Granada is a local modification of it*.

29. Eunica Caresa, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 20, 3.

One example only occurred of this species, namely, at Ega. Its
metropolis seems to be the central parts of New Granada.

* This species has not yet been described ; the following diagnosis may, there-
fore, be useful :-—

E. Evelide, Boisduval, MS., ¢. Above dark or blackish brown, basal halves
of the wings brilliant dark blue: apex of fore wing rather more produced than
in EZ. Bechina; near it are two whitish spots. Beneath: fore wing ashy at the
base, with a dusky cellular spot, apical part brownish ashy ; rest of the wing black,
spotless, except on the apical margin of the black part, where there is one white
spot. Hind wing with the costal edge sinuated, much darker brown and more
glossy than /. Bechina, but having precisely similar dark-brown marks and
ocelli.

New Granada.

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30. EHunica Clytia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 5, ¢; f. 6,9.

The commonest species of the genus at Ega; in some years appear-
ing by hundreds (almost all males) on the muddy margins of the river,
in August and September.

31. Hunica Veronica, n. sp. (PI. IX. fig. 1.)

do. Same shape as £. Clytia (Hewits. l. c. f. 5), but a little larger.
Wings, above, similar in colour, but of a richer and darker violet hue.
Beneath: fore wing nearly the same in colour and markings as in £.
Clytia, but wanting the dusky spot in the cell and the pale spot in the
middle of the costa. Hind wing very different; being of an ashy hue
with a violet tinge, and having only two pupils in the large anterior
ocellus, both pale bluish, bordered with black, the ocellus itself being
nearly circular, instead of irregularly oblong. The pupils of the two
small anal ocelli are reduced to faint-brown points. The row of ocelli lies
between two dark-brown undulating lines, and near the base of the wing
are two thickish dark-brown streaks.

The range of this species lies further to the west than Ega, at
which station I did not meet with it at all. It was very abundant
near Tunantins and St. Paulo, in company with a small number of
E&. Clytia. Its distinguishing characters are quite constant in the
scores of examples which I have inspected.

32. Eunica pusilla, n. sp. (Pl. IX. fig. 5, 5a.)

3. 1" 7'"-1" 9". Above dark blue, shining; outer portions of all wings
dark brown, spotless: apex of fore wing very slightly produced and
rounded. Beneath: fore wing with the basal third light brown, a dis-
tinct round black spot in the middle of the cell on the inner side of a tri-
angular pale-ashy spot; apex ashy, with a thin brown line; rest of wing
blackish, crossed by a line of three ashy spots. Hind wing light brown,
with a violet tinge, and with very faint and thin darker lines, namely,
three short ones towards the base, and two crossing the wing and enclosing
the three obscure ocelli, the anterior one of which is bipupillated, the costal
pupil pale blue, and the other black. The anal ocelli have minute dusky
pupils.

@. Same shape and markings (beneath) as the ¢. Above light brown ;
apical half of fore wing dusky, and crossed by two macular belts, one of
three, the other of two, whitish spots.

The @ of this species has some resemblance to P. Monima, figured
by Cramer (pl. 387. fig. F. @.); but the markings of the under surface
of the hind wings and of the cell of the fore wings are very different.
Cramer gives to his figure the antenne of a moth, but explains in the
text that the insect is tetrapod, and allied to P. (Hunica) Orphise; so
that it probably belongs to this genus, notwithstanding its locality,

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which he mentions with unusual particularity as “‘ Della Mina, on the
coast of Guinea.”

33. Eunica Orphise, Cramer.
©. Papilio Orphise, Cram. 42 §. F.
3g. Cybdelis Castalia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 4.

Upper Amazons; rare at Ega, but more abundant a few hundred
miles further west, at St. Paulo. I met with only one female, namely,
in the heart of the forest at Ega. Its close resemblance to the figure
of Cramer leaves no doubt about the right name of the species.

34, EHunica viola, n.sp. (Pl. IX. fig. 4.)

3d. Very similar in shape and colour, above, to E. Castaha (Hewits. /. ¢.
f.4); fore wing rather more pointed. In size it is much larger, measuring
2" 5'", Beneath: fore wing slaty brown, with the apex reddish; the
central part is dusky, with three ashy spots, and the cell has a distinct
black spot. Hind wing reddish, with a bluish or slate-coloured gloss ;
the basal part has two short castaneous lines; the central line of the same
hue is much inflected in the middle, owing to the anterior ocellus lying
much nearer the cell than usual, and out of the line of the other two. The
anterior ocellus is castaneous, with a paler iris, and two large pale-blue
pupils bordered with black: the inner one of the two anal ocelli has a
small pupil also of a pale-blue colour, but the outermost has only an ob-
scure central spot.

Q. Same shape as the f. Above dark brown, with a light violet-blue
tinge, especially near the base ; apical part of fore wing rather darker, and
crossed by two macular belts of a dull-whitish hue, each belt consisting
of three ill-defined spots. Beneath same as the ¢, but much paler, the
hind wing having a light-reddish hue.

This species has pretty nearly the same range as #. Veronica; the
two being found in great numbers at Tunantins and St. Paulo. It
also occurred further east, at Ega, but was there a very rare insect.

35. Eunica Eurota, Cramer.
3d. Papilio Eurota, Cram. 24 c. D.
2. Cybdelis Eurota, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 7.
A. very abundant species in some parts of the Upper Amazons. I
once saw it in flocks of many hundred individuals (males only), flying
over a half-dry watercourse near the village of Caicara.

36. Hunica Amelia, Cramer.
Q. Papilio Amelia, Cram. 136 c. D.

3. Deep, rich black. Fore wing, above, with an oblique patch of
glossy blue near the base: hind wing with a smaller spot of the same

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colour at the base, and with a long pencil of dark-brown hairs at the com-
mencement of the abdominal margin. Beneath, same as in Cramer’s figure
of the Q.

Very abundant at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons; the males being
attracted by scores to the dung of vultures, on the borders of the
woods.

37. Eunica Sophonisba, Cramer, 295 a. B., 2.

¢d. Same shape as the 9. Above rich deep black, with a spot near
the hind angle of the fore wing and a broad outer border to the hind wing
of a fine sapphire-blue colour. Beneath same as the 2, except that the
ground-colour is of a brighter metallic-green colour, and the central streak
of the hind wing red, instead of yellow; the white belt of the 9 being, of
course, absent.

This most beautiful of all the species of Hunica resembles the Call-
thee in the colours and markings of its under surface ; it is, however,
a true Hunica, as shown by the swollen bases of the fore-wing ner-
vures and the slenderness of the antennal club. It is an exceedingly
wary insect, and one of the most difficult to capture ; so that, although
I saw many, I did not obtain more than three or four specimens. It
occurred at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons, and also near the mouth of
the Rio Negro.

Genus Lisyruina, Felder, Ein neues Lepid. p. 49.

This genus, although agreeing with Hunica in style of coloration,
in neuration, and in the swollen bases of the costal and median fore-
wing nervures, must be kept distinct on account of the great elonga-
tion of the palpi. The species constituting it differs greatly from all
the Eunice in its habits and haunts, frequenting not the forest, but
swampy meadows, where both sexes fly slowly about low bushes.

38. Libythina Cuvierii, Godart, Enc. Méth. ix. 171. 6.
Eunica Hyperipte, Hibn. Samml. Ex. Schm.

Found, in the Amazons region, only in the neighbourhood of San-
tarem and on the shores of the Lower Tapajos.

Genus Eprcata (Boisd.), Westwood, in D. & H. Gen. Di. Lep. p. 256.

This genus is very closely allied to Hunica, differing in structure
only by the absence of inflation of the fore-wing nervures at their
bases, and by the lower disco-cellular of the fore wing joining the
median at a distance from its terminal fork, instead of close to the latter.
E. Capenas seems to be intermediate between the two groups in respect
of the position of the lower disco-cellular. The two genera form

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distinct groups in regard to their style of coloration and habits; for
whilst the Hunice are of tolerably uniform dark colours, with females
of duller hue, and spotted with white at the apices of their wings, the
Epicalic have brilliant and strongly contrasted colours in both sexes.
The males of the EHunicw resort in crowds to the banks of streams,
retiring in the evening to the crowns of the forest-trees, where the
females reside ; but the Hpicalie are true forest-dwellers, the males
being seen sporting in gleams of sunlight which penetrate the dense
shades, and the females wandering amongst the lower trees. I bred
one species of this genus, #. Acontius: the larva is ight green, with
steel-blue head, and is armed with branched spines, two of which on
the head are of great length and verticillate: the pupa is ight green,
varied with pink, and has the back of the thorax deeply excavated
and irregular in outline. In form and armature the larva agrees
with those of the Callithee. The sexes in one section of the genus
(Z. Acontius and allies) are so dissimilar in the form as well as in
the colour of the wings, that they were long held to belong to different
genera—quite an excusable error, for in-no group does the divergence
in appearance between male and female attain such great proportions.
All doubt upon the subject, however, was removed by my capturing
the sexes of two of the species in copuld.

39. Epicalia Capenas.
Cybdelis Capenas, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 16, 17.

Upper Amazons; in open sunny places in the forest. The female
differs from the male only in being duller in colour, in two of the
hind-wing ocelli having blue pupils, and in the fore wings being
destitute of blue spots.

40. Hpicalia Hewitsonii, Felder, Lepid. Frag. p. 13, pl. 5. f. 1.

Upper Amazons, at St. Paulo, and in the district lying near the
Peruvian and Brazilian frontiers. It flies in company with E. ancea
in moist parts of the forest.

41. Epicalia Batesii, Felder, Lepid. Frag. p. 57, pl. 10. f. 3.

The male (the only sex known) of this species differs from that of
E. ancea in the inner margin of the blue belt being strongly curved
outwards, and in the orange belt of the hind wings being much ab-
breviated and dilated in the middle. Two examples in my collection
differ in the underside of the hind wings from #. ancea, and from
the specimen of H. Batesii figured by Dr. Felder, in wanting the

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third brown line accompanying the ocelli. The species is found, in
company with Z#. ancea, at Para.

42. Epicalia ancea, Linn.

do. Pap. ancea, Linn. 8. N. ii. 781. n. 184.
P. obrinus, Cram. 338 c. D.

Q. P. obrinus, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. 255.

——, Cram. 49£. F.

This superb butterfly is abundant in swampy parts of the forest
at Para; and is found, in fewer numbers, throughout the Amazons
Valley, with the exception of certain districts, such as the neigh-
bourhood of Ega, where it is entirely absent. Its flight is exceed-
ingly rapid; butit delights to settle on foliage where a ray of sunlight
penetrates the shade.

43, Epicalia Numilia, Cramer.
3. Pap. Numilia, Cram. 815. F.
Q. P. Micalha, Cram. 108 c. D.

Scarcely inferior to Z. ancea in richness of colouring. The sexes
are strongly contrasted, not only in colour, but in the form of the
wings. The species occurs sparingly throughout the Amazons region
as far as the head-waters of the Rio Negro, where Wallace observed
it. It also occurs in New Granada, and in the central valleys of
Guatemala.

44, Epicalia Antinoé, Godart, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 410, 3.

The female on the upper surface resembles that of EZ. Acontius,
being distinguished only by the second yellow macular belt of the
fore wings consisting of three instead of four spots. Beneath it
differs more considerably, being purplish in hue, and having a reddish
stripe within the cell of the fore wings. The species occurred at
Obydos, on the Guiana side of the Lower Amazons, and again at St.
Paulo, on the Upper Amazons.

45. Epicalia Acontius, Linneus.
3. Pap. Acontius, Linn. Mant. i. 537.
P. Antiochus, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 480.
P. Eupalemon, Cram. 145 8. c.
2. P. Chione, Cram. 90 £. F.
P. Medea, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 508. n. 273.
Common throughout the Amazons region and Guiana; but appa-
rently not found much further northward, as it is not contained in

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the large collections made by Mr. Osbert Salvin in Guatemala. The
hind wings in the male have the costal portion greatly expanded, and
the under surface of the fore wings furnished with a patch of long
silky hairs—structures not observed in any other species of the genus.

46. Epicalia Salacia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Ep. pl. 1. f. 2;
10) ergs al 2 ire as a Oa
Found only on the Upper Amazons, from Ega to the frontier of
‘Peru.
Genus Trements, Hiibner, Samml. Ex. Schm.
Paromia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. text Epiphile, 2 (name preoccupied).
This genus is closely allied to Epicalia, Epiphile, and Eunica. It
differs from Epicalia in the lower disco-cellular of fore wings joining
the median very near to its terminal fork ; from Hpiphile by its naked
eyes; and from Hunica by its very different style of coloration, and by
the fore-wing nervures not being more dilated at their bases than they
are in other genera. The third branch of the fore-wing subcostal is
emitted at a long distance from the end of the cell. The species are
forest-dwellers, and have the habit of descending to settle near muddy
puddles in the pathways. The larva and pupa of 7’. Ariadne have been
figured by Stoll. Both show much resemblance to those of Ageronia
Feronia, the pupa having long appendages to the head, and the larve
several hispid fleshy processes, besides the branched spines of head
and body common to all the allied genera.

47. Temenis pulchra, Hewits.
Paromia pulchra, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Epiphile, pl. 2. f. 1, 2.

Found sparingly throughout the Amazons region. The female does
not differ in colour from the male, except in being a little duller.

48. Temenis Ariadne, Cramer.
Pap. Ariadne, Cram. 180 £. F.
P. Merione, Fab. E. 8. ut. i. 125. 383.
P. Agatha, Fab. 1. c. 134. 414.
P. Liberia; Fab. 1. e. 135, 418.
Nymphalis Inberia, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix. 875, 84.
Var. Temenis Merione (pt.), Hiibn. S. Ex. Schm.
Var. P. Laothoé, Cram. 132 a. B.
Transformation, Stoll, pl. 4. f. 4.

I believe Godart was right in treating the two forms figured by
Cramer and the three slight varieties described by Fabricius as one
and the same species. The insect varies so much that it is difficult
to find two examples alike. 1. The palest examples (Liberia, Fab.)

204 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinse

are above of a tawny-ochreous hue, with a faint-brown belt near the
apex of the fore wings, and a black speck on the hind wings. 2.
Next to these are individuals having the apex of fore wings much
darker (Agatha, F.). 3. Then follow others similar to the last, but
with a darkish border to the hind wings, preceded by a dusky waved
line (Ariadne, Cram.; Merione, F.). 4. A further variety is similar
to this last, but has the apex of fore wings rufous, preceded by a broad
blue-black belt. 5. A more extreme form is of a glossy tawny-
orange colour, with fore wings marked like the last, but with the
hind wings having the apical two-thirds of a rich blue-black colour
(Merione, Hiibn. pt.). 6. The furthest limit of variation in respect
of darkness of colour is reached in P. Laothoé of Cramer, which has
the hind wings wholly dusky black. I have a 2 specimen from
Demerara similar to Cramer’s figure of Laothoé, except that the black
apex of the fore wings has, in the middle, a large whitish spot, and the
basal portion of the hind wings is fulvous. The wings are of the same
shape in all these varieties, except that the hind wings vary in rela-
tive length ; beneath they all have the same characteristic markings,
but differ in the clearness of the design and intensity of hue.

None of these varieties are, strictly speaking, local modifications or
races, for in all localities two or more of them are seen flying toge-
ther; but this much may be said, that the handsome dark variety,
no. 5, occurred only in the interior of the country on the Upper
Amazons, mingled, however, with no. 4; whilst the palest varieties,
1 and 2, were found only on the Lower Amazons. Nos. 1 and 4 fly
together in some parts of this latter region, and no. 2 occurs in New
Granada.

Genus Nica (Hiibn.), Felder, Kin neues Lepid. p. 16.

The only character which distinguishes Vica from Temenis is the
peculiar pattern of the under surface of the wings, which shows a
nearer affinity to the following genus, Pelia. The neuration, shape
of antenne and palpi are nearly the same as in Temenis; but the
facies of the two or three closely allied species which form the genus
reveals no very close relationship to any of the preceding, and seems
sufficient to warrant their generic separation.

49, Nica sylvestris, n. sp.

Expanse 1" 10'", ¢ 2. Very similar in size and general colour to NV.
Flavilla (Godt.) of South Brazil. Fore wings obtusely pointed, outer
margin scarcely incurved in the @, straight in the 9: above rich tawny,
with a dusky streak across the end of the cell; the apex has a broad deep-

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black border, dentated in the middle, which continues much diminished in
breadth to the hind angle, and is ornamented near the apex with a clear-
white rounded spot, sometimes accompanied by a second smaller one.
Hind wings with the outer margin rounded and slightly festooned, the
point at the end of the 3rd median branch being more prominent than the
rest, especially in the female: above rich tawny, with a submarginal row
of short blackish streaks, and two small black spots near the anal angle.
Beneath: the wings are a little paler than above, and are crossed by a
rufous bar reaching from the costa to the anal angle, besides a submar-
ginal line (strongly flexuous) on the fore wings, and on the hind wings a
second inner line of a rufous hue; all the wings have near their apices
two bluish ocelli with large white pupils, the hind pair having, besides,
two smaller ones near their anal angle. Body above tawny brown; an-
tenn black, ringed with white. The female does not differ in colours
from the male.

Varies in the dusky and rufous lines, both of the under surface of the
wings and the upper surface of the hind pair, being accompanied by lines
or streaks of a plumbageous hue.

This pretty species was met with on the Upper Amazons, from
Ega to St. Paulo, in sunny places in the forest, settling on pathways.
It is allied to NV. Canthara (Dbldy.) of Venezuela: the latter is said
by Doubleday, in his very brief and insufficient description (Dbldy. &
Hewits. Gen. p. 226), to have the flexuous lines of the under surface
bordered by plumbageous lines ; but it is possible the species varies
in this respect, as does our JN. sylvestris. According to specimens
from Bogota which I have seen, NV. Canthara differs from N. sylvestris
in wanting the clear-white spot near the apex of the anterior wings.

Genus Petia, Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 229.

This small genus is distinguished from Nica chiefly by the first
and second fore-wing subcostal branches being amalgamated for the
greater part of their course.

50. Pelia Lamis, Cramer, 238 £.

Found in the same situations as Nica sylvestris. It has, however,
a wider range, being distributed throughout the whole of the Amazons
region and Guiana.

Genus Catiicorz, Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 237.

The present genus is connected, through Perisama and Cybdelis
(genera not found in the Amazons region), with Hunica, and through
Catagramma with the Callithee. It is very closely allied to Cata-
gramma ; but differs in its eyes being hairy, instead of naked, and in
its neuration; both first and second subcostal branches of the fore

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wing being emitted after the cell, instead of one before and the other
after as in Catagramma. The metropolis of the genus seems to be
the hot valleys of Ecuador and New Granada, only one species being
found in Guiana and the plains of the Amazons, and two in Southern
Brazil.

51. Callicore Clymena, Cramer, 24 8. F.

Rather local, but abundant where it occurs; banks of the Cupari
(a branch of the Tapajos), Caicara, and St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. It
has rather a slow, sailing flight, and is attracted in numbers to moist
puddles or filth on the skirts of the forest, flying when disturbed to
the trees. The Guiano-Amazonian form differs somewhat from the
one occurring at Rio Janeiro, which has received from Dr. Felder the
name of C’. Janewa (Verz. Macrolep. fregatt. Novara, p. 4). Further
south, namely, in Rio Grande, in 30° S. lat., it is still further
modified*,

Genus Catacramma (Boisd.), Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 243.

52. Catagramma Peristera, Hewitson.

3. C. Peristera, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cat. f. 15.
iVar. » 2, Hewits. fc. £. 16, I7.

Mr. Hewitson has figured a local variety of the male of the species
as the female ; which sex differs from the male in being dull in colour,
and in having the hind wings, above, entirely of a dull-black hue, with
a submarginal plumbageous line. The form represented by fig. 15 is
confined to the Lower Amazons, the other (figs. 16, 17) being found
only on the upper river. The males are abundant in some places,
flying over and settling on filth of all kinds in the neighbourhood of
huts and villages. The females I never met with, except in the shades
of the forest, where they are sometimes seen in numbers on the trunks
of trees.

53. Catagramma Eunomia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cat. f. 9-12.

Found only in the interior of the country, from St. Paulo, on the
Upper Amazons, to the head-waters of the rivers flowing from the
north.

* Catagramma Clymena, race meridionalis. Similar to C. Janeira beneath,
except that the inner ring of the hind wings is pyriform instead of oblong;
above it differs in entirely wanting the blue submarginal stripe of the hind wings.
Reasoning from this amount of evident modification, there can be no doubt that
the various allied species of Columbia have descended from the same stock—C,
Anna, Euclides, Marchalli, Astala, Gabaza, and Eluina.,

mol |

of the Amazon Valley. 20

54. Catagramma Cyllene, D. & H. Gen. pl. 28. f. 3,

This species, which is closely allied to C. Pygas of South Brazil,
occurred sparingly in several places both on the Lower and Upper
Amazons.

5d. Catagramina Texa, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cat. f. 24, 25.

Banks of the Tapajos, near the first cataracts at Itaituba. My sole
example differs from the figure given by Hewitson in the basal part
of the fore wings, beneath, being tawny instead of crimson. The
specimen figured is said to have been received from ‘“ Columbia.”

56. Catagramma Astarte, Cramer.
3. P. Astarte, Cram. 256 c. D. (1780).
Q. C. Astarte, Hewits. Tr. Ent. Soc. 1851, pl. 11.
Var. P. Codomannus, Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. 57 (1781).

I met with this species only at Obydos, on the Guiana side of the
Lower Amazons, where it was abundant, settling on trunks of trees
in the forest. The males agree closely with Cramer’s figure, the only
exception being that they are a little larger. In this latter respect
they accord with the typical specimen of C. Codomannus of Fabricius,
which I have examined, in the Banksian collection; but C. Codo-
mannus differs in the two large black ocelli of the under surface of
the hind wing being quite separated by the ochreous line between
them.

CQ. Astarte appears to be widely distributed in Tropical America,
being found near the sea-coast of Guiana, on the Guiana side of the
Lower Amazons, up to Guia, on the Rio Negro, and in South Brazil,
province of Espirito Santo. It varies much in size, the largest
specimens I have seen being those captured at Obydos. All the ex-
amples agree with Cramer’s figure in having a crimson stripe on the
upper surface of the hind wing, extending to near the outer margin,
in the under surface of the fore wing having crimson belts, and in
the ends of the inner black circle of the hind wing touching the
eosta. The following, if not a distinct species, is a well-marked local
variety of the Astarte-stock.

57. Catagramma Miles, n. sp.

do. Expanse 2". Wings, above, rich blue-black, fringe spotted with
white; fore wing with a triangular spot at the base and a broad belt
beyond the middle crimson, leaving in the middle a narrow black belt,
which is generally attenuated or broken in its central part; near the apex
isa small oblong orange spot: hind wing with a basal crimson stripe, some-
VOL. II. Q

208 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

times very short, and never passing much beyond half the length of the
wing, a few examples having besides three short submarginal bluish
streaks near the hind angle.

Beneath: fore wing same colour as above, but rather duller, the costa
yellow near the base ; the apical part with a long ochreous streak and a
submarginal bluish line, which latter extends halfway down the outer
border. Hind wing black, with two circular bands of yellow, the outer
circle interrupted on the costa and at the anal angle, the inner circle en-
closing two large black ocelli, the upper with one, the lower with two
large pupils: besides these, the outer part of the black band left between
the two yellow circles has a row of nine bluish spots.

This species closely resembles C. Astarte in the colours of the under
surface, the inner part of the black band left between the two yellow
circles touching the costa, as in Astarte. It entirely replaces C.
Astarte on the Upper Amazons, and is an abundant insect, especially
near St. Paulo, where every day in the showery season numbers are
seen even in the village, enlivening with their bright-crimson liveries
the dull, muddy streets.

58. Catagramma Cynosura, Dbldy.
3. C. Cynosura, D. & H. Gen. D. L. pl. 18. f. 2,

Expanse 2” 3'”, g$. Above: very similar in colours to C. Miles, differing
only in the crimson stripe of the base of the hind wings being uniformly
short, and ending in a point. Beneath: fore wing black, with a large
basal spot and a broad belt beyond the middle yellow, slightly tinted with
orange ; the apical part has an ochreous streak and a bluish submarginal
line. Hind wing black, with two circular bands of yellow, the outer circle
interrupted at the costa and anal angle, the inner circle enclosing two large ©
black ocelli, the upper with one, the lower with two bluish pupils: besides
these, the outer part of the black band left between the two yellow circles
has a row of nine bluish spots: the inner part of the black band left be-
tween the two yellow circles does not touch the costa, and the costal border
has in the middle a large orange-yellow spot, as in C. Amazona (fig. 5 a,
PLAX):

@. Above black: fore wing with the basal two-thirds glossy ochreous,
the black apical part having a short whitish streak. Hind wing dusted
with ochreous at the base, outer margin with a submarginal row of bluish
spots. Beneath: fore wing same as above, except that the apex and outer
margin have a submarginal bluish line. Hind wing precisely the same as
in the ¢.

Equally abundant on the Upper Amazons with C. Miles. It con-
tinues a common insect westward as far as the slopes of the Andes,
and is also found far towards the south in Bolivia.

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59. Catagramma Amazona, n. sp. (Pl. X. figs. 5, 5a.)

Expanse 2” 2'”, ¢. Above deep black. Fore wing with a small trian-
gular basal spot and a narrowish belt (of uniform breadth) beyond the
middle crimson, leaving in the middle a broad black belt; near the apex
a short red streak. Hind wing with a broad straight crimson belt extend-
ing from the base to within a line of the outer margin near its middle.

Beneath: fore wing the same as above, except that the crimson parts
are of yellow hue tinged with orange, that the red apical spot is replaced
by a larger yellow streak, and that the apex has a short submarginal
bluish line. Hind wing same colours as C. Cynosura; the inner part of
the black band left between the yellow circles not touching the costa,
and the costal border haying a large orange patch.

©. Above dull black. Fore wing with the basal two-thirds glossy
ochreous, the black apical part having a broad whitish streak or oblong —
spot. Hind wing dusted with ochreous at the base, hind margin with a
short bluish line near the anal angle. Beneath: fore wing same as above,
except that the apex and outer margin have a submarginal bluish line.
Hind wing the same as in the g, and as in fg and 9 C. Cynosura.

This species, which has a similar relationship to C. Cynosura that
C. Astarte has to C. Miles, but which seems to be a little more dis-
tinct from its relative than is the case with C. Miles, occurred only in
the swampy forests near Parad, where I saw many of the males flying
at a great height around the crowns of trees. It was very rarely that
an individual of this sex came within reach, and I do not recollect to
have captured more than one example; the females were more easily
taken, as they frequently descended to the lower bushes or to the
ground. Both sexes are very wary in their movements and have a
rapid flight.

60. Catagramma excelsior, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cat. f. 49, 50.

This most beautiful species of a beautzful genus seems confined to
the interior of the continent, having been found only in the district of
country lying between Fonte Boa and Nauta on the Upper Amazons.
I captured the first example in an open grove near Tunantins, where
it was flying from one tree-trunk to another, but was excessively
wary and difficult to approach.

Genus Anriconrs, Felder, Ein neues Lepid. p. 21.
Differs from the preceding genera by its abruptly clubbed antenne,
in which character it resembles Haematera and Callithea; it is dis-
tinguished from these by its small head and short palpi.

210 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinse

61. Antigonis Pharsalia, Hewits.
Cybdelis Pharsalia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Cybd. f. 14, 16.

Found only at Ega; the males frequenting the moist sandy and
muddy shores of the river, and mingling with the crowd of Eunice.

62. Antigonis Felderi, n.sp. (Pl. X. figs. 25,32.)

3. Same size and shape as A. Pharsalia. Above of a uniform light
pinkish blue or mawve colour, fringe white: fore wing with three white
spots arranged in triangle on the disk. Beneath: fore wing ashy, tip
paler, with two dots and a submarginal line black, and costa near the base
streaked with dusky; beyond the middle a broad black belt, with two large
spots corresponding with the outer two of the upper surface: hind wing
ashy white, variegated throughout with a multitude of short dusky streaks.

Q. Same shape asthe ¢. Above, coloured like the females of Hunica ;
light brown, basal parts sprinkled with grey atoms, and apical half of fore
wing black, with four large white spots arranged obliquely in quadrangle.
Beneath: fore wing ashy, tip paler, with two black dots, and a submarginal
line black, and costa near the base streaked with dusky ; beyond the middle
a broad black belt, with two large spots corresponding to the outer two of
the upper surface, preceded outside the black belt by two others corre-
sponding with the inner two: hind wing ashy white, variegated with a
multitude of short dusky streaks.

This elegant species entirely replaces A. Pharsalia at St. Paulo,
400 miles to the west of Ega. It delights to settle on the moist
margins of brooks in the forest, and is of very nimble flight.

Genus CatiitHea (Boisd.), Westwood, in D. & H. Gen. p. 258.
63. Callithea Sapphira, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schm.

This most richly coloured butterfly appears to be confined in its
range to the dry woods near Santarem, on the eastern side of the
mouth of the Tapajos. Further westward I never saw a specimen ;
and to the south its area appears to be equally limited, as I did not
find it further than twenty miles from the mouth of the river. It
may, however, extend over the country to the east, that part of this
region not having yet been explored. The species appears to have
two broods in the course of the year, the first in October, and the
second in February and March ; but the first fails if the season be a
dry one. In Marchit abounds, at least in some years, the woods posi-
tively swarming with the superbly adorned creatures, the two sexes
being in about equal number, and the glowing sapphire and orange
liveries imparting wonderful liveliness to the sylvan scenes. When
very abundant, especially in gleamy showery weather, they issue from

of the Amazon Valley. SN

the woods, and are seen in the streets of the town, attracting the notice
of the inhabitants. The caterpillar is armed with branched spines
like that of the Zpicalie, two much longer than the rest rising from
the head; the under surface is pale yellow, the upper black with five
broad bands of vermilion. The pupa has the dorsal face of its thorax
deeply emarginate, and is of a pale-red colour.

64. Callithea Batesii, Hewits.

3. Hewits. Tr. Ent. Soc. vol. i. n.s. 1851, pl. 11. f. 2.
@. Hewits. Exot. Butt. Callith. f. 1 & 4.

This has a wide range in the interior of 8. America, being found at
Aveyros, on the l'apajos, and at Ega, on the Upper Amazons. Its
habits are similar to those of C. Sapphira, but I never found it in
numbers.

65. Callithea Marku, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Call. f. 2,3,5,6(¢ 9).

C. Markvi has a wider range than the preceding, being found from
Ega to the interior of New Granada, near Bogota. The examples
met with at Ega all belong to the variety represented in figures 2 & 6
on Mr. Hewitson’s plate, the remarkable modification, fig. 5, not
occurring in this part of the range of the species. It is more abun-
dant than C. Batesivi at Ega, and sometimes escapes from the forest
to join the crowds of butterflies of other genera at the damp margins
of water in open sunny places.

66. Callithea DeGandiu, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Call. f. 7, 8.

I saw one example of this species at St. Paulo: this seems to be
the eastern limit of its range, the examples sent to England by M.
De Gand being taken a little further west in Peru.

67. Callithea Lepriewrti, Feisthamel.
Feisth. in Guérin’s Mag. de Zool. pl. 122.

This is the most widely distributed species of this handsome genus,
being found from the interior of French Guiana to the slopes of the
Andes, in Ecuador. I met with it at many places on the banks of
the Amazons, both on the north and south sides of the river. It was
abundant, however, only at Obydos and Villa Nova, both of which
districts lie near to Guiana. Its time of appearance in the imago-
state is the months of October and November. The caterpillar is
armed precisely like that of C. Sapphira, but it is differently coloured,
the dorsal surface being black, with five broad bands of a light greenish-
blue tint.

212 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline
Genus Cattizona, Dbldy. D. & H. p. 246.

68. Callizona Aceste, Linneus.
Papilio Aceste, Linn. 8. N. i. 479. 127 (1758).
——, Cramer, 121E.F.
Larva and pupa, Stoll, t. vi. f. 6.

The larva of this species, according to Stoll’s figure, has shorter
spines on the head than is usual in this group. The pupa has long
appendages, like those of the Ageronie. The insect is a common one
in the Amazonian forests, and is always found about the trunks of
trees, settling frequently on the bark, with its wings held in a per-
pendicular position. It is also found in Guiana and Venezuela.

Genus Gyyercra (Boisd.), Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 248.

This genus, although having wings so different in shape from those
of Callizona, is undoubtedly most closely related to it. The larva,
according to Stoll, is spined in a similar way, but the pupa has very
short cephalic appendages.

69. Gynecia Dirce, Linn.
Papilio Dirce, 8. N. ii. 778. 177.
, Cramer, 212 c. pD.
Larva and pupa, Stoll, pl. 2. f. 3, 4.

Found in the same situations as Callizona Aceste, settling on the
trunks of trees in the same way. It appears to have a wider range,
being found as far north as Guatemala and Honduras, and in the
West India Islands.

Genus Eerrma, Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 227.

70. Ectima Liria, Fabr. E. 8. 1. i. 239. 747.

Found throughout the Amazons region in company with Gynecia
Dirce, and settling, like it, on the trunks of trees, but lying with its
wings flat, in the manner of the Ageronie.

71. Ectima Iona, Hewits. Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 434.
Distinguished from £. Livia by its large size, the purple gloss on
its wings, and the absence of ocelli at tip of fore wings. Rather
more common than #. Livia; its habits are the same.

Genus Panpora (Boisd.), Dbldy. D. & H. Gen. p. 300.

72. Pandora prola (Boisd.), Dbldy. & Hew. Gen. pl. 43. f. 5.
This superb insect was first found in New Granada, on “ Mount

of the Amazon Valley. ae

Tolima.” In the Amazons region it inhabits the moist and lofty
forests of the plains, but only in the western portion of the region
towards the Andes, commencing at the village of St. Paulo de
Olivenca. It descends into sunny openings, and into open grounds
on fine days, entering the houses in villages, and settling on the
whitewashed walls, with its wings sometimes expanded and some-
times erect. Its flight is extremely rapid and bold. Dr. Felder has
received it from the Upper Rio Negro; so that its range comprises a
large area under the equator to the east of the Andes, but near their
eastern slopes.
73. Pandora regina, n. sp.

3. Expanse 3’7"". Similar to the figure given by Mr. Hewitson (Ex.
Butt. Pandora, f. 4) as representing the 2 of Pandora Prociila, but differ-
ing in the glossy-green band of the hind wing being twice the breadth,
and followed by a flexuous green submarginal line; in the corresponding
band of the fore wing being bordered on the inner side by a thick black
line, and in the apical part of the same wing being crossed by a glossy-
green line.

Above greenish blue: fore wing with the outer portion deep black (the
colour widest at the apex), crossed by a subapical glossy-green line; a
broad belt of glossy green crosses the wing a little beyond the middle, the
inner edge of which is irregular and atcompanied by a thick black line,
four narrow lines and (near the apex) a single broader one crossing the
cell, the three basal ones of which continue to the submedian nervure.
Hind wing crossed by a broad glossy-green belt which becomes narrower
towards the anal angle, and is there marked with two black spots, its inner
edge accompanied by a zigzag black line, thickest towards the costa; the
broad black outer border is traversed by a flexuous glossy-green line; the
cell is crossed by two black lines, one very slender across the middle, and
the other much thicker, lying over the disco-cellular nervules.

Beneath: fore wing black, apex reddish brown ; cell greenish, crossed by
six black lines; a broad light-green belt, white in the middle, traversing
the wing towards the apex. Hind wing vermilion, shaded with dusky
towards the apex; cell and space between costal and subcostal nervures
crossed with two or three black lines, a similar but longer line crossing
middle of the wing, and another running parallel and near to the outer
border, the two latter enclosing a row of six dusky ocelli with minute
black pupils. Antenne extremely long (13 lines), the apex forming a
very slender club.

This magnificent species only occurred once, namely, at St. Paulo,
in a sunny nook in the forest, where I found it settled on the trunk
of a tree, wings erect.

|'To be continued. |

214 Rey. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee

XVI.—Catalogue of the Dytiscidee and Gyrinide of Australasia, with
Descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. Hamer Crark, M.A.,
F.L.S.

Parr III.

I propose in this paper to examine one of the sections of Gyrinide,
the genus Enhydrus, so far, that is to say, as ite Australian repre-
sentatives. The genus itself was founded on a magnificent species
peculiar to Brazil, Z. sulcatus, Wied., which is the only species foreign
to Australia. It is seldom, indeed, that links are met with connect-
ing Australia with South America, and so we are not surprised to
notice that this connecting link is not of the closest. Undoubtedly, as
to all important characters, #. sulcatus may be placed in the same
group as the following species ; and yet how unlike the insects are
in general form and appearance! . sulcatus is large, peculiarly
depressed, and broadly ovate: the Australian species are entirely
different, considerably smaller (some not more than one-third of the
size), narrower, and more parallel.

The genus is closely connected with Giyrinus by the presence of a
scutellum : it is separated from it simply by its general form, and
by the much greater length (in proportion) of the anterior legs. Dr.
Aubé seeks to establish a distinction also in the length of the labial
palpi: this sometimes obtains, but seems, so far as it has any value,
to be a specific rather than a generic character. The diagnosis of
Professor Lacordaire is based chiefly, if not entirely, on the length of
the anterior tibiz ; and this, with a consideration of the general form,
will, I think, hold good: the outline (if we may except the Brazilian
type, E. sulcatus)is more parallel and more elongate than that gene-
rally of Gyrinus proper. I include in the group (following M. La-
cordaire) HE. oblongus of Aubé, but this is the extreme limit of the
form: it is just possible that ultimately this last species may be
separated from Enhydrus (in which it was placed by Brullé), and
again reunited, as intended originally by Boisduval, with Gyrimus.

If we accept the definition of the genus as thus laid down, that is
to say, scutellated Gyrinide with elongated anterior legs and narrow
subparallel forms, we find that the Australian species group them-
selves naturally, and yet not without manifest connecting links, with
Gyrinus, as EL. oblongus, Reiche. The characters which are of appa-
rently special value in the separation of the species of this group inter
se are (of course) the outline of form, the depth and determinateness
of the channels of the elytra, the size and figure of the scutellum,
and the sinuations of the apical part of the elytra. None of these

and Gyrinidee of Australasia. 215

appear to be sexual, and in my judgment they sufficiently separate
the examples which I have been able to examine into six species:
these are from my own collection, together with others kindly for-
warded to me by my friends Mr. Bakewell, Mr. Grut, and Mr. Wilson,
of Adelaide.
Synopsis of the Genus Enhydrus.
A. Elytris haud striatis, levigatis.
1. E. Howittii, n. sp.
B. Elytris striatis.
a. Elytrorum apicibus rotundatis.
2. E. Reichii, Aub., Germ.
3. E. assimilis, n. sp.
b. Elytrorum apicibus sinuatis.
4. EH. latior, n. sp.
5. H. rwularis, n. sp.
c. Elytrorum apicibus dentatis.
6. E. oblongus, Boisd.

The above (with EZ. sulcatus, Wied., which belongs to the section
B, a) constitute the whole of the group as at present known to ento-
mologists.

Enuyprus, Laporte.
(Epinectus, Esch. MS.)

A. Elytris haud striatis.
1. BE. Howitti, un. sp.

£. oblongo-ovalis, subdepressus, nigro-zeneus, impunctatus, nitidus ; ely-
trorum apicibus subrotundatis, haud sinuatis, haud dentatis; corpore
subtus nigro ; abdomine pedibusque rufo-nigris.

Long. corp. 53 lin., lat. 23-23 lin.

Oval, subelongate, decidedly broader in proportion, as well as larger,
than F. Reich, Aub., subdepressed ; impunctate, of a shining metallic
zneous black: thorax with the borders of a bluish-green colour; in
front deeply excavated ; the sides are constricted anteriorly and slightly
rounded : elytra oval, sufficiently broad; the apex is rounded or sub-
rounded in form; the colour of the lateral margins is narrowly bluish
green, that of the margin at the apex narrowly of a bright copper-
colour; the surface is impunctate, unmarked by any longitudinal strix,
glabrous; when viewed under a high power, the surface is covered with
very minute transverse striz: the wnderside of the body is black: the
abdomen and posterior /egs rufo-fuscous.

E, Howittii is a very distinct,species, remarkable as being the only
one of the group that has the elytra unmarked by the deep longi-
tudinal striz that characterize the genus. A slight variation may

216 Rev. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee

be traced in the rounded form of the apex of the elytra: im one ex-
ample there is a minute trace of a dentation at the end of the mar-
gination : in all examples the apices closely approach each other.

I have some doubts as to whether this species more truly belongs
to this genus or to Gyrinus; it partakes of the characters of both.
I decide to admit it on the ground that ZL. oblongus is admitted, the
length of the anterior tibize of which corresponds with that of those
of this species.

Moreton Bay is the only locality at present recorded. In the
collections of Mr. Bakewell and the Rev. Hamlet Clark.

B. Elytris striatis.
a. Elytrorum apicibus rotundatis.

2. EL. Reichii, Aubé, Species Gén. 654 (1838).

I subjoin the diagnosis of this species, inasmuch as M. Aube’s de-
scription (though amply sufficient in 1838, when the only species
with which it could be contrasted was £. oblongus, Boisd.) will in no
degree separate it from the species which have in late years been sent
home by collectors. I take the liberty of asking our modernized—and
in good truth somewhat revolutionary—entomological friends, who
seek to rebel against the time-honoured laws of priority of nomencla-
ture, whether I am not justified in retaining the name of this species,
though with a confessedly imperfect description ; or whether, on the .
other hand, it would be lawful for me to sweep away a tradition, and
discard a name given by M. Aubé, merely because it does not satisfy
their self-imposed postulate. Most truly, M. Aubé’s definition of
the species has not sufficiently discriminated between it and all other
cognate species which then remained to be discovered! It is even
to us, in these days of the infancy of entomology, insufficient ; nay
more, there are grounds for the assertion by any critic that the de-
scription (with its accompanying French amplification) is in itself
imperfect! but surely this gives me no right whatever to alter the
name according to my own will. Science is not a series of brilliant
revolutions; it consists rather of quiet and commonplace progress :
it is conservative, not despotic. To change the name before us would
(notwithstanding the crotchets of our friends) not only be to be want-
ing in justice and in courtesy to the respected founder of the present
name, but it would infallibly secure the reversion of the decision of
this paper by future students of the group.

The following description, amended from Aubé, will suffice to sepa-
rate the species from all others known up to this time :—

und Gyrinidee of Australasia. 217

£. oblongo-ovalis, depressus, nigro- vel viridi-cyaneus; elytris 8-sulcatis,
sulcis interioribus aliquando omnino obsoletis, marginibus viridibus; ely-
tris apicem versus minute dentatis, ad apices rottndatis, apicibus ipsis
haud longe distantibus; scutello triangulari, minuto; corpore subtus
nigro-zeneo ; abdomine ad apicem ferrugineo; pedibus posterioribus
rufo-flavis, anticis nigro-zneis, tarsis (tibiisque ad apicem) fusco-rufis.
Long. corp. 5 lin., lat. 23 lin.

This species closely resembles Z. assimilis, from which it may be
separated by its more minute and more regularly triangular scutellum
and by the fusco-flavous coloration of the last segment of the abdomen.

Examples have been found near Melbourne and also near Adelaide.

3. EH. assimilis, n. sp.
£. ovalis, subdepressus, viridi-zeneus ; elytris utrinque 8-sulcatis, apice
rotundato ; scutello haud parvo ; corpore subtus nigro-metallico ; abdo-
minis segmento*ultimo rufo-nigro; pedibus rufo-nigris, posterioribus
rufis. .
Long. corp. 6 lin., lat. 23 lin.

Suboval, rather broader behind the middle, a trifle broader than L.
Reich, of a bright-green colour throughout: head impunctate, when
seen under a high power covered with minute transverse or oblique
strie, arranged irregularly: thorax of the same colour, the posterior
margin being very narrowly of a dark copper-colour, and the lateral
marginations sometimes black; the same minute strive as on the head
are perceptible, but more minute: e/ytra with eight striz, obsolete at
the suture, and becoming, as they approach the margin, deep channels ;
the colour of these strize, when viewed under a strong lens, is of a
bright red copper-colour ; between the strive the surface is transversely’
marked by very minute lines: abdomen, underside, anterior legs, and
antenne metallic black: posterior legs rufo-fuscous.

This species is very nearly related to Z. Reichit; it is, I think, dis-
tinct ; it is somewhat larger when a series of each are viewed toge-
ther, and the size of the scutellum, distinctly larger, well separates
the two.

These species, H. Reichit and E. assimilis, difter from all others in
having the lateral margin of elytra and thorax in not absolutely the
same line; avery slight angle is formed by their conjunction : in all
other species the line is absolutely straight.

I received this species from Mr. Stevens in 1855, from a collection
forwarded to him from Australia.

b. Elytrorum apicibus sinuatis.

4. EH. latior, n. sp.
E. oblongo-ovalis, sat parallelus, nigro-ceneus, nitidus ; thorace lato, late-

218 Rey. H. Clark on the Dytiscidee of Australasia.

ribus subparallelis; elytris thorace sublatioribus, lateribus sat late mar-

ginatis, ad apicem sinuatis, apicem versus swbdentatis, apicibus ipsis

penitus conjunctis, $triis ad suturam haud obsoletis, ad latera latis et
profundis; corpore subtus nigro; pedibus nigris, posticis rufo adumbratis.
Long. corp. 6-62 lin., lat. corp. 3 lin.

A much smaller and comparatively broader insect than E.rivularis;
the colour is of a less piceous, more metallic tinge; the apex of the
elytra is rather more deeply emarginate ; the elytra touch each other
at the suture almost to the extreme apex.

It is a trifle larger than H. oblongus of Reiche, and may be sepa-
rated from it by its rounded emarginations at the apex of the elytra.

I have received specimens from Moreton Bay. Mr. Bakewell’s
collection contains examples from the same district.

A form closely allied to this, but which may possibly prove to be
distinct, is in my cabinet; it has a manifestly smaller scutellum, is
not so large as the larger examples of Z. latior, and broader than
the smaller form, and appears, so far as I can infer from four ex-
amples, to be uniform in character.

E. latior is a perplexing species : after much examination, I believe
that it will hold good as defined above; and that it is able, more
than its congeners, to some little variation in size.

d. #. rivularis, n. sp.

E. oblongo-ovalis, valde depressus, ceneo-, haud nigro-metallicus, ad mar-
gines elytrorum thoracisque viridi-zneus ; capite et thorace levigatis,
subtilissime vermiculatis; scutello haud parvo, triangulari; elytris 8-
striatis, externis 1ma, 2nda et 3tia profundis, 8 ad suturam penitus ob-
literata; elytris apicem versus dehiscentibus, ad apicem emarginatis,
haud acuminatis; corpore subtus piceo; pedibus rufo-nigris, anticis
piceis vel zeneo-piceis.

Long. corp. 7-8 lin., lat. 8-33 lin. Ad apicem corporis 1 lin. elytris haud
defensa.

A striking and handsome species, which manifestly on some occa-
sions has been found in abundance, and has been sent to England by
Mr. Wilson and other friends of Mr. Bakewell.

When compared with other Australian species, it is distinctly larger
than all, of a dark metallic lustre, the margins both of thorax and
elytra being green, and this margin being in a continuous line, not
slightly angulated at the junction of the thorax and elytra as in the
species Reichii and assimilis. There appears to be in it no tendency
to variation either in structure or colour. The scutellum (the size of
which appears to have an importance in the group) is uniform ; and,
in all the examples before me from Mr. Bakewell’s cabinet and my

a

Mr. J.8. Baly on the Kumolpide. 219

own, there is in both sexes a considerable and equal protrusion of the
last or nearly two last abdominal segments beyond the apex of the
elytra.

The only locality that I know of is Victoria. The name which I have
adopted is that which I have received with it as its traditional name.

A small example of a deep dull black colour, with the scutellum a
trifle smaller, and the apical segment of the abdomen tinged with
rufous, may possibly constitute a distinct species.

e. Elytrorum apicibus dentatis.

6. E. oblongus, Boisd. Voy. de l’Astrol. p. 52.
E. australis, Brullé, Hist. Nat. des Ins. p. 257.
E. oblongus, Aubé, Spec. Gén. Col. vi. p. 653.
Long. corp. 7-71 lin., lat. 3 lin.

A common species in Australia, to be recognized among present
known species by its extreme apex being angular, not rounded, and
the sinuations at the apex of the elytra being produced into a distinct
sharp spur—a modification which closely connects the species with the
genus Gyrinus. In the collections of the British Museum, Mr. Bake-
well, Mr. Waterhouse, and the Rev. H. Clark.

Of the six species which are here characterized, there are but two
which absolutely and manifestly attain to all the generic characters
of Enhydrus—E. rivularis and E. latior ; the other four species I
place in the same group as being on the whole more nearly related
to it than to the genus Gyrinus, and inasmuch as I have for doing
so, with reference to two out of the four, the excellent authority of
M. Aube.

I possess in my cabinet, and I believe Mr. Bakewell has also, ex-
amples which are not referable clearly to any of these species. In a
few years, when the increasing number of entomologists in Australia
is still further increased, we shall, I have no doubt, add still more to
the list of this interesting Australian genus.

XVII.— Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Eumolpide.
By J. 8S. Baty.

Bromius Philippinensis.

B. oblongus, viridi-czeruleus, nitidus, violaceo-micans, supra pilis brevibus
suberectis fuscis vestitus; thorace subgloboso, subcrebre punctato; ely-
tris subcrebre punctatis, infra basin leviter transversim impressis; tibiis
intermediis extus infra medium late emarginatis ; corpore subtus pilis

220 Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Kumolpide.

cinereis adpressis sat dense vestito; antennis subfiliformibus, gracilibus,
extrorsum nigris.—Long. 4 lin.
Hab. Philippine Islands.

I have adopted Chevrolat’s name Bromius for Stal’s genus Calo-
morpha, that name having been previously used in Lepidoptera.

Bromius Hebe.

B. breviter ovatus, valde convexus, leete ceeruleus, nitidus, crebre punc-
tatus, supra pilis erectis cinereis et nigris inter se intermixtis vestitus ;
elytris infra basin obsolete transversim impressis, humeris prominulis ;
utroque plagis magnis duabus, prima baseos, a margine exteriore fere
ad suturam et a basi ad paulo ante medium producta, secunda sub-
apicali, trigonata, igneis.—Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Siam.

Bromius evanescens.

B. breviter oblongo-ovatus, valde convexus, cupreus, subcrebre punctatus,
supra pilis plurimis erectis instructus ; corpore toto pilis adpressis sericeis
concoloribus dense vestito, his diverse nitentibus et (aspectu mutato)
plagas cupreo-nitescentes formantibus.—Long. 33 lin.

Hab. Penang.

Bromius Bohemant.

B. oblongus, valde convexus, cupreus, nitidus, supra pilis erectis fuscis
vestitus; capite thoracisque apice lineaque depressa longitudinali disci
rugosis ; elytris irregulariter punctatis, humeris elevatis, linea lata de-
pressa, circum spatia basilaria singula cireumducta, foyeisque nonnullis
magnis, excavatis, crebre rugosis, albido- vel aureo-tomentosis, disco
positis, obscure aureis.—Long. 8-33 lin.

Hab. Port Natal.

Chrysolampra Mouhott.

C. elongata, subcylindrica, leete viridi-senea, nitidissima; antennis obscure
fulvis; thorace remote punctato; elytris infra basin transversim de-
pressis, subcrebre fortiter punctatis, punctis apicem versus in striis
longitudinalibus confuse dispositis, interspatiis levibus, iis disci exte-
rioris transversim elevato-reticulatis.—Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Siam.

Genus CLIsITHERA.

Corpus anguste oblongum, parallelum, valde convexum. Caput perpen-
diculare ; antennis robustis, compressis, basi et apice attenuatis ; oculis
intus vix sinuatis. Thorax transversus, latitudini elytrorum eequalis, .
lateribus marginatis. Elytra irregulariter punctata. Pedes robusti,
simplices ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum elongatum, postice
late dilatatum, margine antico epimera continuato, epimeris anticis tra-
peziformibus, angulo antico exteriore ad thoracis angulum non producto.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Eumoipide. 221

Clisithera nigricornis.

C. elongata, parallela, valde convexa, nitida, castanea; elytris (basi ex-
trema excepta), tibiis tarsisque nigris; thorace transverso, latitudini
elytrorum equali, irregulariter subremote punctato; elytris subcrebre
punctatis, punctis prope suturam ante medium in striis confusis dispo-
sitis—Long. 4-5 lin,

Hab, Amazons.

Genus CHRYSODINA.

Corpus breviter ovatum, valde convexum. Caput thoraci fere immersum,
perpendiculare, facie inferiore producta; mandibulis robustis; antennis
brevibus, robustis, articulis quinque ultimis dilatatis, clavam gracilem
formantibus; mento quadrato-emarginato. Thorax transversus, basi
elytrorum latitudini fere 2equalis, lateribus integris, rotundato-angus-
tatis, antice declivibus, margine antico medio paullo antrorsum producto.
Elytra punctato-striata, lateribus basi obsolete lobatis, limbo inflexo
obliquo. Pedes robusti, simplices; wnguiculis appendiculatis. Pro-
sternum apice epimerz margine continuatum, basi truncatum ; epimeris
anticis transversis, angulo antico exteriore ad thoracis angulum pro-
ducto.

Chrysodina igneicollis.

C. breviter ovata, valde convexa, nigra, nitida; capite, thorace scutelloque
igneis; elytris tenuiter punctato-striatis, ceeruleo-metallicis.—Lone.
22 lin.

Hab, Figa.

Genus Lrpronipa.

Corpus oblongum, valde convexum, dorso elevato-tuberculatum. Caput fere
immersum ; antennis gracilibus, subfiliformibus ; mento concavo-emar-
ginato. Thorax dorso gibbosum, lateribus irregulariter dentatis. Elytra
thorace palo latiora, tuberculata. Pedes robusti; tcbi’s curvatis, com-
pressis ; wngurculis appendiculatis. Prosternum fere quadratum, apice
epimere margine continuatum ; epimeris anticis trapeziformibus, angulo
antico exteriore extrorsum vix producto.

Lepronida Batesii.

L, oblonga, valde convexa, nigra, nitida; antennis basi obscure fulvis,
articulis 8-9, albis; thorace concinne elevato-rugoso, valde gibboso,
gibbere longitudinaliter canaliculato; elytris fortiter et irregulariter
tuberculatis.—Long. 23 lin.

Hab. Amazons.

Genus Corycra.

Corpus elongatum aut oblongum, convexum. Caput perpendiculare, tho-
racis margine producto (visum atergo) fere obtectum; antennis gracili-
bus, filiformibus; mento quadrato-emarginato. Thorax transversus,
elytrorum latitudini equalis aut vix angustior, lateribus rotundatis,
integris aut obsolete angulatis, antice declivibus, margine antico medio
paulo antrorsum producto. Hlytra parallela, irregulariter punctato-

222 Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Eumolpide.

striata. Pedes simplices; unguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum basi
concayo-emarginatum, apice margine epimerz continuatum; epimeris
anticis trapeziformibus, angulo antico exteriore ad thoracis angulum non
producto.

Type, Corycia fimesta, Baly.

Corycia funesta,

C. elongata, parallela, convexa, nigro-picea, subnitida; antennis obscure
fulvis; thorace elytris latitudine sequali, Jateribus rotundatis, obsolete
angulatis, disco irregulariter subremote tenuiter punctato ; elytris sub-
crebre tenuiter punctato-striatis.—Long. 53-4 lin.

Hab. Amazons.

Genus CycHrea.

Corpus oblongum aut subelongatum, convexum. Caput exsertum, perpen-
diculare, subelongatum ; antennis filiformibus ; mento quadrato-emar-
ginato. Thorax elytris angustior, lateribus rotundato-angustatis, inte-
gris, antice non declivibus, margine antico antrorsum non producto.
Elytra pavallela, ivregulariter aut confuse punctato-striata. Pedes sim-
plices; wnguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternwm basi profunde emargi-
natum, bilobatum, antice epimeris anticis continuatum ; epimeris anticis
trapeziformibus, angulo antico ad thoracis angulum non producto.

Cychrea histrio.

C. subelongata, convexa, fulva, nitida; capite, metasterno, tibiis extus,
tarsis elytrisque nigris, his confuse punctatis, subopacis, apice fulvo,
singulatim fascia prope medium punctisque tribus, horum duobus infra
basin tertioque longe pone medium positis, flavis; antennarum apice
albo.—Long. 33 lin.

Hab, Amazons.

Genus EripHyie.

Corpus oblongum, convexum. Caput exsertum, perpendiculare; anten-
narum articulis quinque apicalibus modice dilatatis, clavam indi-
stinctam plerumque nigram formantibus. Thorax basi elytris vix
angustior, apicem versus angustatus. Characteres cetert ut in genere
preecedente.

Type, Eriphyle unimaculata, Baly.

Eriphyle unimaculata.
E. oblonga, postice vix angustata, pallide fulva, nitida, antennarum claya
elytrorumque plaga subapicali communi nigris.—Long. 23-8 lin.
Hab. Amazons.
Chrysochus Mouhotv.
C. oblongus, valde convexus, metallicus nitidus, subtus viridi-ceeruleus ;

pedibus viridibus ; capite czeruleo ; antennis nigris, basi fulvis ; thorace ~
elytrisque viridi-zeneis, illo distincte punctato, basi cruleo, elytris sub-

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 223

- confuse punctato-striatis, viridi-zneis, infra basin vix transversim de-
pressis, margine laterali plagaque trigonata ante medium czruleis.—
Long. 44 lin.

Hab. Siam.

Platycorynus Parryt.

P. subelongatus, valde convexus, metallicus, nitidus, subtus ceruleus,
supra viridi-aureus; antennis obscure purpureis, basi obscure piceis,
clava modice dilatata; elytris infra basin obsolete transversim depressis,
subcrebre punctatis, punctis prope suturam in striis indistincte bifariam
dispositis, ad latera confusis; linea marginali vittaque lata suturali,
postice valde angustata, purpureis.—Long. 4 lin.

Hab, China.

XVIII.—Descriptions of some New Australian Longicornia.
By Francis P. Pascoz, F.L.S.

Some months ago I described, in the Transactions of the Entomo-
logical Society, sixty new species of Australian Longicornia. Through
the kindness of Fred. Geo. Waterhouse, Esq. of Adelaide, of Mrs.
Kruesler, and Mr. Johannes Odewahn, of Gawler, South Australia, I
am now enabled to make an addition of forty more. This brings the
number of Australian Longicornia up to above 400 species. There
are still remaining several others in my collection, belonging princi-
cipally to the genera Macrotoma, Hesthesis, and Mallodon, which pre-
sent certain difficulties that can only be cleared up by the examina-
tion of more numerous specimens than I have yet been able to
obtain. In Mallodon, for instance, there are some examples related
to M. figuratum differing from each other in size, and to a certain
extent in outline (as indeed individuals even of the same species may
be expected to do among this portion of the Prionid), in punctura-
tion, and in various particulars connected with the head and pro-
thorax. Whether any of these are sufficiently constant in their
characters to deserve specific distinction remains to be seen. There
are three, however, belonging to this genus which are so decidedly
dissimilar to every other species and to each other, that I have no
hesitation in adding them to the list. I hope eventually to have
sufficient materials to work out the genus and its ally Macrotoma,
so far as the Australian species are concerned, in a more satisfactory
manner. In the meantime [ shall be glad if these remarks elicit
attention from those who may be able to assist me.

Niphona torosa.

N. robusta, pube grisea, fusco et ochraceo varia, setisque nigris dispersis ;
prothorace vage et fortiter punctato, medio linea impressa, lateribus
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224 = Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

fortiter dentato ; elytris postice lineis tribus elevatis, apicem versus con-
junctis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Robust, covered with a short greyish pile, varied with brown and
ochraceous, with a few scattered, black, setaceous hairs; head greyish,
without an impressed line, but the antennary tubes forming a strongly
marked angular concavity between them; antenn as long as the body,
brown, spotted with pale grey; prothorax full and rounded, strongly
toothed at the side, with coarse distant punctures, two obscure brown
stripes on the disk; scutellum transverse, greyish; elytra coarsely
punctured, broad at the base, rounded behind the shoulders, then gra-
dually receding, posteriorly three broad but slightly elevated lines, the
inner two first uniting towards the apex, then the outer, behind the
middle the usual obscure pale ashy-grey oblique band, rest of the elytra
mingled ochraceous and grey; body beneath with a rough greyish pile,
the abdominal segments bordered with yellowish ; legs brown, spotted
with greyish; anterior coxz armed with a short spine. Length 7 lines.

A very robust species, and very distinct from any other that I am
acquainted with. The anterior coxee of the male are each armed
with a spine, as in many others (irrespective of the genera) of the
subfamily to which Mphona belongs.

Symphyletes fumatus.

S. elongatus, pube cinerascente fuscoque varius ; prothorace longiore quam
latiore ; elytris basi spinoso-cristatis, apice ad suturam spina acuta pro-
ductis.

Hab, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn). *

Elongate, covered with a short, dense, dark ashy pile, varied with
smoky brown ; head with a narrow mesial line ; the face covered with
long, lax greyish hairs; antennee much longer than the body, dark
brown, spotted with. white, clothed beneath and at the base with long
whitish hairs, the terminal joint entirely white ; prothorax longer than
broad, the sides slightly rounded, two small tubercles on the centre of
the disk; scutellum subquadrate, slightly rounded posteriorly; elytra
gradually receding from the shoulders, the base of each armed with four
rows of short black spines, the sutural row longest, the next the most
elevated or crested, the third of two and the outer (at the shoulder) of
one principal spine, apex somewhat truncate, the suture terminating in
a spine, which is nearly concealed by the greater length of the pubes-
cence at that part, the whole elytra smoky brown, with two very in-
distinct, dark ashy bands, and spotted, especially at the base, with reddish
yellow; body beneath covered with a loose, long silvery pile ; legs brown,
spotted with white; the anterior tibiz short, and strongly emarginate
internally at the base. Length 10 lines.

In many respects this species resembles S. pedicornis, Fab. (the

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 225

type of which is now in the British Museum), but is more elongate,

and is at once distinguished by each elytron terminating in a single

spine.
Symphyletes Angasiit. (Pl. XI, fig. 1.)

'S. convexus, pube alba, griseo fulvoque varius; prothorace ineequaliter
rotundato; elytris lateribus maculis duabus argenteis, pone medium
fascia irregulari alba, apice rotundatis.

Hab. South Australia (Mr. Angas).

Convex, black, covered with a dense, white, varying to pale ashy
pile, shaded with dark grey and speckled with fulvous ; head pale ashy
and fulvous, with a narrow mesial line scarcely extending to the epi-
stome ; antenne scarcely fimbriated, much shorter than the body, greyish
at the base, dark brown towards the apex; prothorax subtransverse, un-
equally rounded at the sides, ashy, varied with intricate fulvous lines;
scutellum narrow, rounded posteriorly; elytra convex, the sides for
about two-thirds of their length nearly parallel, the apex rounded,
several black shining granules, which are larger and more crowded at
the base, on each side behind the shoulder a large silvery-white patch,
behind the middle a well-marked white zigzag band bordered with
dark grey, over all numerous fulvous spots; body beneath and legs
densely covered with a pale ashy pile, varied with fulvous. Length
11 lines.

More convex and less cylindrical than S. pubiventris, Pase., the
prothorax broader and more irregular at the sides, the pubescence
whiter, and the band on the elytra very decided, not nearly obsolete
as in that species. S. farinosus, Pasc., which has also the same style
of coloration, has the apex of the elytra truncate.

Symphyletes egenus.
S. flavo-castaneus, nitidus; capite prothoraceque interrupto-pubescenti-
bus; elytris glabris, apice emarginatis.
Hab. North Australia (Mr. Damel?).

Yellowish chestnut, shining; head with little patches of greyish
hairs, varied with fulvous; antennee as long or rather longer than the
body, with lax, silky, white hairs, principally forming a fringe beneath ;
prothorax rather narrow, transverse, the sides nearly parallel, the disk
slightly corrugated and very sparsely pubescent; scutellum narrow,
rounded behind; elytra nearly glabrous, seriate-punctate, gradually
narrowing from the shoulders, the apex emarginate, the outer angle
produced, the inner broadly truncate, base of the elytra with a few
granules the same colour as the rest; body beneath and legs pale chest-
nut, with scanty, long, whitish hairs. Length 8 lines.

Near S. derasus, Pasc., but without the snowy lateral line, and the
apex of the elytra quite different. I believe my specimen came from
Mr. Damel’s collection.

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226 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

_ Symphyletes vestigialis.

S. castaneus, pube ochracea dispersus; prothorace vix transverso, cylin-
drico, capite latiore; elytris obsolete granulatis, sutura lateribusque
niveis, disco ochraceo irroratis.

Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Chestnut-brown, nearly glabrous, varied with a short, dense pubes-
cence, ochraceous and snowy white; head large, coarsely punctured,
nearly glabrous, except on each side the mesial line, the sides of the eyes,
and about the face, where it is furnished with ochraceous hairs; mandi-
bles dark brown; prothorax nearly equal in length and breadth, cylin-
drical, sparsely and coarsely punctured with four or five mostly irregular
bands of ochraceous hairs ; scutellum transverse, glabrous ; elytra gradu-
ally narrowing from the shoulders, the apex subtruncate, the punctures
shallow and scattered, and at the base partially replaced with a few low,
almost obsolete granules, the disk with a soft ochraceous pile, the derm
showing itself in small round spots, the suture, however, white, sides of
the disk glabrous, chestnut, the outer margin with a dense snowy-white
stripe of fine decumbent hairs; body beneath covered with a white pile,
beautifully varied with ochraceous and spotted with chestnut; legs
banded with chestnut and white, the femora mostly the latter colour ;
antennze about as long as the body in both sexes, dark chestnut, the base
of all the joints, except the first and second, white. Length 8-9 lines.

Allied to S. albocincta, Guér., but differently coloured, the pro-
thorax longer and more cylindrical, the elytra less parallel at the
sides, almost without granules, the pubescence more continuous, and
the apex narrower and slightly truncate. No note accompanied my
specimens, from which I infer the species is not uncommon. *

Symphyletes gallus.

S. ferrugineus, pube grisea tectus; prothorace regulari, fere cylindrico ;

_ elytris subangustis, apice marginatis, sutura in spina productis, basi
eranulato-cristatis.

Hab. Interior of Australia (Stuart’s Expedition) (I. Waterhouse).

Ferruginous, covered with a short greyish pile, faintly tinged in parts

with fulvous; head rather short in front, sparsely punctured with a
well-marked narrow mesial line; prothorax short, transverse, nearly
cylindrical, the disk even; scutellum oblong, rounded behind; elytra
rather narrow, gradually receding to the apex, which is truncated, the
suture terminating in a short spine, at the base a short but elevated
crest, crowned with three or four granules, rest of the elytra with irre-
gular impressed punctures and scattered granules; body beneath and
legs covered with a greyish pile; antenne (apparently) longer than the
body, unicolorous. Length 9 lines.

The specimen from which the above description is made is not in
good condition, butit is very distinct on account of the crested elytra

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 227

combined with its cylindrical prothorax, to say nothing of its colour,
which seems to have been pretty uniform.

Penthea intricata.

P. dense pubescens, nigro fulvoque variegata; elytris subbicostatis; an-
tennis castaneis, articulis tertio ad sexto basi albis.
Hab, South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Covered with a short close-set pile, fulvous, varied with irregularly
confluent black spots and patches; head spotted with black, a very clear
mesial line joined above the epistome by two oblique lines ; palpi fer-
ruginous; prothorax transverse, somewhat rugose at the sides, irre-
gularly patched with black; elytra with their greatest breadth rather
behind the middle, with shallow scattered punctures, and two well-
marked but not elevated costee on each ; body beneath and legs greyish,
spotted with black; antenne shorter than the body, dark chestnut, the
third to the sixth joints inclusive white at the base. Length 6 lines.

The irregularly confluent spots of both fulvous and black, especially
on the elytra, together with the costz on those parts, will distinguish
this well-marked species.

Penthea crassicollis.

P. dense pubescens, pilis elongatis albis adspersis, fulva, nigro irrorata ;
prothorace latitudine elytris fere quali; antennis nigris.

Hab. Interior of Australia (Stuart’s Expedition) (Mr. Waterhouse).

Covered with a close-set fulyous pile, interspersed with long, strag-

gling white hairs; head nearly as broad as the prothorax, coarsely
punttured with mixed white and fulvous hairs; prothorax rough from
deeply impressed confluent punctures, and rather obscurely varied with
white and fulvous; scutellum round, black; elytra scarcely broader
than the prothorax, sparingly punctured, without raised lines, a few
glossy-black granules at the base, and spotted with black, a trilobed
white mark round the scutellum, a patch of the same colour at the side
behind the shoulder, and another towards the apex and nearly attain-
ing to the suture; body beneath with a close mixed grey and fulvous
pile; antennz black, about two-thirds as long as the body ; legs closely
covered with greyish hairs. Length 8 lines.

Distinguished by the breadth and fulness of the prothorax, and

the presence of long white hairs, from all its congeners, except P.
prcta, with which it agrees in the latter character only.

Penthea picta, (PI. XI. fig. 5.)
P. dense pubescens, pilis albis adspersis, ochracea, sparse nigro irrorata
et albo plagiata; antennis totis nigris.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).
Covered with a dense yellowish ochraceous pile, interspersed with

228 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

short semierect hairs; head coarsely punctured, with greyish and whitish
hairs in front ; prothorax narrower than the elytra, dull white anteriorly,
then brown and ochraceous; scutellum round, black ; elytra with a few
distinct punctures only, and three or four granules at the base, no raised
lines, space round the scutellum, patch at the side behind the shoulder,
and another flexuous patch posteriorly white, the scutellar and posterior
patches bordered with black, rest of the elytra ochraceous, speckled with
small black spots; body beneath and legs with a dense, rough, smoky-
white pile; antenne entirely black, about two-thirds the length of the
body. Length 6 lines.

Differs from Penthea scenica (inter alia) in its entirely black an-
tenne.
Rhytiphora Waterhouser.
R. nigro-picea, pube sparsa, ochraceo griseoque irrorata; elytris basi lineis
duabus vix elevatis, apice subtruncatis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Pitchy black, with a short pile arranged in little ochraceous tufts, the
intervals exposing the black derm partially covered with pale-greyish
hairs; in other words, the whole upper surface is finely speckled with
ochraceous, grey, and black, the former predominating, and often con-
fluent so as to form irregular lines; head rather short in front, with a
mesial line extending from the vertex to the epistome ; antenne shorter
than the body, grey, spotted with black, a little ochraceous at the base
only ; prothorax not quite so long as broad, the sides nearly parallel ;
scutellum subtriangular, the apex rounded; elytra very convex, gra-
dually receding from the shoulders, the apex subtruncate, the base with
a few black granules and two scarcely elevated although well-marked
lines; body beneath and legs reddish ochraceous, spotted with black.
Length 15 lines.

One of the largest species of the genus, which, from description,
might be thought to approach R. polymita, Pasc., in colour ; but in
that species the pile is perfectly uniform in texture, and every spot
of the derm is surrounded with pale ashy; in other respects it is also
more cylindrical, the elytra not so convex, and without the basal
lines. Altogether it is a very fine and distinct species.

Monochamus ovinus.

M. ovatus, fulvo-griseo pubescens, pallide griseo irroratus; capite im-
punctato; prothorace transverso, lateribus fortiter spinoso; elytris sub-
trigonatis, apice rotundatis ; antennarum articulis apice nigris, duobus
basalibus exceptis.

Hab. South Australia (Messrs. Waterhouse and Odewahn).

The male shortly ovate, the female more oblong, covered with a short,
dense, fulvous-grey pile, sprinkled with a very much paler shade of
nearly the same colour; head rather short, and very convex anteriorly,

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with a shallow transverse groove above the epistome, impunctate, but
with a well-marked mesial line ; antennz closely pubescent, more than
twice as long as the body in the male, with the third, fourth, and fifth
joints much enlarged, the third especially being thicker than the scape,
and all, except the first and second, black at their tips; prothorax trans-
verse, the disk slightly irregular, a few punctures posteriorly, a broad
spine on each side near the middle; scutellum rounded behind; elytra
with a few small punctures, chiefly at the base, the apex rounded; body
beneath and legs finely pubescent, yellowish grey, shaded with paler,
especially on the former: Length (¢) 8 lines, (2) 10 lines.

With about a hundred species of the genus before me, I cannot
very well approximate this to any of them. It is nearest, perhaps,
to M. argentatus, Hope, but wants, inter alia, the silky pubescence
of that species. I have dropped the old orthography of Mono-
hammus, although I believe it to be the correct one (from povos and
appa), because that now used seems to be universal; and, on the
whole, perhaps it is as well to adopt, errors and all, the exact word
of the author who first defines the genus.

Microtragus Waterhouset.

M. piceus, dense griseo squamulosus; prothorace ovato, elytris angustiore ;
elytrorum apice divaricato.
Hab. Kangaroo Island (Mr. Waterhouse).

Pitchy, densely covered with minute greyish scales; head very convex
in front, with a deep line to the epistome, but not on the vertex; an-
tennz about two-thirds the length of the body; palpi bright luteous ;
mandibles black, when closed nearly hidden by the lip; prothorax not
so broad as the broadest part of the elytra, very rugose, the spine at the
side short ; scutellum small and transverse ; elytra not broader than the
prothorax at the base, gradually dilating for about two-thirds of their
length, then slightly contracting to terminate in a broadly divaricate
apex, on each side the scutellum a short, stout, recurved tooth, from
which proceed two lines of tubercles, the outer and larger extending
rather more than two-thirds towards the apex, the inner somewhat
less; body beneath and legs closely covered with minute scales and a
sprinkling of stiff decumbent hairs. Length 9 lines.

Distinguished from its congeners by the divaricate apex of the
elytra and dull greyish-brown colour, although, under a strong lens,
the minute scales on which that colour depends are seen to have a
glossy, almost metallic lustre. The species of this genus are ex-
cessively rare in collections. Mr. F.G. Waterhouse informs me that
he has only taken them at sundown, in sandy places.

230 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

IrHEUM.

Caput exsertum, antice quadratum, tuberis antenniferis distantibus. Oculi
parvi, valde emarginati. Antenne breves, ciliate, scapo oblongo-attenu-
ato, articulis tertio et quarto fere duplo longioribus, czeteris brevibus et
eequalibus. Prothorax subcylindricus, capitis latitudine. ZElytra angus-
tissima, elongata, apice emarginata. Pedes breves. Ungues simplices.
Pro- et meso-sterna depressa. -Abdominis segmentis subsequalibus.
This is a long narrow form, like Cacostola, but with differently

formed antenn, widely separated at the base, &c. So far as the

Australian Longicornia are concerned, it will follow Atimura, a genus

recently characterized by me in the ‘Trans. Ent. Soc.’ 3rd series,

vol. i. p. 548, and which has representatives in Borneo, Singapore,
and Sumatra, but from which the present is distinguished by its
longer and more attenuated scape, quadrate face, elytra not truncate
at the apex, and other characters. The two species, particularly the
last, have a very slight pubescence, with a few long, erect hairs scat-
tered over the body, antenne, &e.

Itheum vittigerum. (Pl. XI. fig. 9.)
I. tenuiter pubescens, fuscum, vitta laterali prothorace elytrisque cinereis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Dark brown, rather sparsely covered with a long whitish pile, which
at the side of the prothorax and elytra is sufficiently condensed as to
form a narrow ashy stripe, long black setulose hairs also scattered over
the body, legs, and antennze; head coarsely punctured, especially on
the vertex; eyes small, black; antennz rather longer than half the
length of the body; prothorax coarsely and closely punctured ; scu-
tellum narrow at the base, expanded and rounded posteriorly; elytra
coarsely punctured, the apex broadly emarginate; body beneath dark
brown, shining, with a thin greyish pubescence. Length 3-4 lines,

Itheum lineare.
I, tenuissime pubescens, fuscum; elytris omnino pallide fuscescentibus,
apice oblique emarginatis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Angas).

This species resembles the former in most respects, but is some-
what narrower, and is nearly glabrous, with the apex of each elytron
more obliquely emarginate, or, in other words, the external angle is
more produced. The specimen described is from Port Lincoln. I have
also received it from Mr. Waterhouse, taken near Adelaide.

OmMoPpHa@NA.

Caput exsertum, fronte brevi, declivi, tuberis antenniferis nullis. Ocwli
majusculi, fere divisi. Antenne decemarticulate, incrassate, breves,

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 231

scapo oblongo-ovato, articulo secundo tertio dimidio breviore, tertio
scapo parum equali, quarto et quinque gradatim longioribus, sexto
breviore, ceteris perbrevibus, ultimo ovato, precedentibus obconicis.
Prothorax oblongus, regularis, capite paulo latior. Elytra elongata,
parallela, prothorace vix latiora, apice integra. Pedes mediocres ;
femora clavata; tarsi breves, zequales. -Acetabula antica vix angulata.
Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia. Abdomen segmentis equalibus.

This genus is nearly allied to Pytheus and Brachytria, but is at
once distinguished by its ten-jointed antennex, with the third and
fourth joints of the normal character, not abbreviated as in those
genera. As a secondary distinction, the elytra are without the
smooth elevated lines that are found in the allied forms.

Omophena Kruesleri, (Pl. XI. fig. 8.)
O. nigra, subnitida, rugoso-punctata; elytris humeris aurantiacis,
Hab. South Australia.

Black, subnitid; head, prothorax, and elytra very coarsely and closely
punctured, with scattered, slender, nearly erect white hairs remotely
scattered over those parts; elytra with the shoulders orange; body
beneath and legs pitchy, nearly glabrous, shining; antenne brownish
pitchy, about half the length of the body. Length 23 lines,

Phoracantha Odewahnii.

P. depressa, fulva, fere opaca; prothorace sequato (tn fam. subtransverso),
lateribus breviter spinoso ; elytris lateribus pone humeros incurvatis,
apice integris; pedibus haud elongatis; femoribus attenuatis.

Hab. South Australia (Mr, Odewahn).

Depressed, fulvous, nearly opake; head coarsely punctured, with a
few scattered hairs, mesial line almost obsolete; antennz about the
length of the body in both sexes, the joints from the third to the eighth
inclusive spined on both sides at the apex ; prothorax dark brown, equal
in the male, subtransverse in the female, rather small, the sides shortly
spined, the disk favosely punctured with five (qu. three) fulvous tuber-
cles, the two lateral united; scutellum triangular; elytra rather broad,
especially in the female, obscurely dashed with brown at the suture, the
apex rounded ; body beneath fulvous brown, with a thin greyish pile;
legs very slender, but not elongate, the posterior tibie not extending
beyond the apex of the abdomen. Length (¢) 14 lines, ( 2 ) 21 lines,

This fine and very distinct species, in the small proportional size
of the prothorax, can only be compared to P. hamata, Newm., and
P. superans, Pasc., from both of which it is at once distinguished,
inter alia, by the rounded apex of the elytra.

Phoracantha grallaria.
P. lata, fusca, subnitida; prothorace subtransverso, lateribus anguste an-

232 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

gulato; elytris flavo vittatis, apice bispinosis; antennis compressis,
articulorum apicibus utrinque productis; pedibus intermediis et pos-
ticis elongatis, femoribus linearibus.

Hab. Queensland (Mr. Diggles).

Broad, dark brown, and rather glossy; head coarsely punctured, a
deep mesial line between the eyes; antennz longer than the body,
compressed, covered with a short greyish pile, the joints from the third
to the seventh or eighth inclusive produced on both sides at the apex ;
prothorax nearly equal, each side with a narrow angular process, the
disk favosely punctured with five glossy tubercles ; scutellum triangular,
the apex rounded; elytra with three longitudinal yellow patches or
stripes extending from near the base to beyond the middle, the central
stripe, with a partial interruption, terminating at the inner apical angle,
the apex bispinous ; body beneath and legs covered with a dense grey
pile, the latter having the intermediate and posterior pairs very slender
and elongate, and their tibie, particularly the posterior, flexuose; the
anterior legs very short, their femora scarcely half the length of the in-
termediate. Length 16 lines.

A very distinct and handsome species, remarkable for its long and
slender intermediate and posterior legs, with the femora absolutely
linear, and for the yellow stripes on the elytra.

Phoracantha pedator.

P. angusta, fusca, subnitida; prothorace elongato, lateribus late angulato ;

elytris medio et basin versus plus minusve flavo plagiatis, apice biapi-

culatis, flavo plagiatis; pedibus elongatis, femoribus valde clavatis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Narrow, dark brown, subnitid; head rugosely punctured, a short
mesial line between the eyes; antennze as long as the body in the
female, about a third longer in the male, ferruginous, the third, fourth,
and fifth joints spined at the apex on one side; prothorax elongate,
very irregular, scarcely punctured, the sides nodose; scutellum rounded
behind; elytra with yellow patches at the middle and towards the base,
and an oblong spot at the apex, which is bispinous, the inner or sutural
spine nearly obsolete ; body beneath dark brown, finely pubescent, the
mesopectus reddish chestnut ; legs elongate, the femora very strongly
clavate. Length 6-9 lines.

In its narrow outline and long legs, with the strongly clavate
femora, this species approaches P. aberrans, Newm.; but it has not
the sharp thoracic spine of that species, and its coloration differs
entirely.

Phoracantha hospita.

P. fusca, nitida ; prothorace oblongo (ti faem. zequato), spina laterali acuta ;
elytris medio flavo fasciatis vel subfasciatis, apice biapiculatis, flavo

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plagiatis; antennis pedibusque testaceo-ferrugineis ; femoribus simpli-
cibus.
Hab. Queensland (Mr. Diggles).

Of moderate breadth, dark chestnut-brown, shining ; head coarsely
punctured, the mesial line very narrow ; antennz pale ferruginous, half
as long again as the body in the male, the third to the inner joints in-
clusive spined at the apex; prothorax rather longer than broad in the
male, equal in the female, favosely impressed with five shining tubers
on the disk, the lateral somewhat indefinite, the spine rather slender
and produced, and placed about midway on each side; scutellum nearly
triangular, glabrous; elytra slightly incurved behind the shoulder, the
apex emarginate, the outer angle strongly produced, a yellowish band,
more or less broken anteriorly, extending from the middle towards the
base, with a small round spot of same colour at the apex; body beneath
glossy chestnut-brown, inclining to reddish on the metasternum ; legs
pale ferruginous, rather slender, the femora slightly clavate. Length
6 lines.

Allied to P. sewmaculata, Hope, but with a shorter and broader
prothorax and strongly apiculate elytra.

Phoracantha Angasi.

P. subangusta, fusca, nitida; prothorace oblongo, lateribus nodoso ; elytris
fortiter punctatis, sparse pubescentibus, medio singulorum macula flava
rotundata, apice integris; femoribus clavatis.

Hab. South Australia (Mr. Angas).

Somewhat narrow, dark brown, shining; head coarsely punctured, a
short mesial line between the eyes, face bright reddish ferruginous ;
antenn longer than the body in the male, shorter in the female, also
bright ferruginous, covered with long, slender, scattered hairs; pro-
thorax oblong, coarsely punctured with five tubercles on the disk, the
sides nodose; scutellum subtransverse ; elytra sparsely pubescent, nearly
parallel at the sides, the apex rounded, or very slightly produced at the
suture, a round yellow spot nearly on the centre of each; body beneath
and legs bright reddish ferruginous, with long scattered hairs; femora
clavate. Length 8-9 lines.

In some respects this species approaches P. pubescens, Pasc., but
is more depressed, infinitely less pubescent, and has the apex of the
elytra rounded, not truncate. I received it originally from Mr. Angas,
ticketed ‘‘ Port Lincoln,” and more recently from Mr. Odewahn, who
appears to have taken it plentifully at Gawler.

Phoracantha balteata.

P. subangusta, fusca, subnitida; prothorace oblongo, punctis rugoso-im-
pressis, lateribus nodoso; elytris sparse pubescentibus, fascia mediana
flava, apice integris, obsolete flavo maculatis ; femoribus subclavatis.

Hab. South Australia.

234 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

Rather narrow, brown, slightly shining, sparingly pilose ; head irre-
gularly but coarsely punctured, a short mesial line between the eyes ;
antenne shorter than the body, ferruginous, everywhere covered with
scattered erect hairs, the third joint with a long spine, the fourth with
a short spine, the remainder unarmed; prothorax oblong, the sides
slightly nodose, the disk with indefinite, roughly impressed punctures
and an elongate, smooth central space; scutellum triangular; elytra
coarsely punctured, rather broader behind the middle, rounded at the
apex, an obscure fulvous band nearly at the middle, and an almost
obsolete spot at the apex; body beneath chestnut-brown, somewhat
glossy; legs ferruginous, with long scattered hairs; femora slightly
clavate. Length 5 lines.

Allied to P. bifasciata, Pasc., but decisively distinguished by the
form of the scutellum, which is rounded posteriorly in that species,
and equilaterally triangular in this. It differs also in the form of
the elytra, in the colour, and in the indefinite style of the punctua-
tion on the head and prothorax.

Phlyctenodes pilosus.
P. elongatus, piceus, griseo pilosus ; prothorace oblongo, disco subnodoso,
lateribus angulato.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Elongate, pitchy, but paler posteriorly, shining, covered with short,
scattered greyish hairs, mixed with longer hairs on the antenne and
legs; head coarsely punctured, deeply concave between the antennary
tubers; antenne rather shorter than the body; prothorax longer than
broad, the disk irregular or slightly nodose, the side behind the middle
broadly angulated ; scutellum subtransverse ; elytra parallel at the sides,
each with three slightly raised lines, the apex rounded ; body beneath
glossy reddish brown, nearly glabrous. Length 7 lines.

Differs from Phlyctenodes tristis, Fab. (a New Zealand species), in
its oblong prothorax without the two elevated glossy tubercles which
distinguish that species, the longer elytron with elevated lines, and its
pubescence. Itis still more distinct from the two Australian species.

In the ‘ Transactions of the Entomological Society,’ 3rd series,
vol. i. p. 549, I have separated, under the name of Jsalium, those
species that differ from Didymocantha, Newm., in their elongated
muzzle, unsymmetrical antennary joints, unarmed prothorax, «ec. ;
and it will also be necessary, I think, to separate my Didymocantha
cylindricollis, which has the joints of its antennee cylindrical, and is
a more elongate form, without any of the hairs being collected into
masses so as to form well-defined spots. I propose to name this
genus Jygesis. An undescribed species (which, with several others

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I have received whilst these sheets were passing through the press,
I propose to describe and figure hereafter) is a still narrower form,
with slender, scattered, erect hairs, not stiff and decumbent as in
the above-mentioned genera, and differing from them essentially in
the greater size and length of the basal joint of the antennxe, which
is nearly twice as long as the third, instead of being shorter, or at
most only equal to it. This species I have named Bebius filiformis.
‘The following species is a true Jsalium.

Tsalium Odewahnii.

I. testaceo-brunneum ; prothorace lateribus rotundato ; elytris nigro-sub-
bifasciatis, apice intus truncatis, sutura spina brevi producta.
Hab. South Australia (Ji. Odewahn.)

Testaceous brown, with sparse white setulose hairs; head coarsely
impressed, dark chestnut, the hairs more closely set between the eyes,
so as to form a white spot; prothorax broader than the head, rounded
at the sides, with confluent coarsely impressed punctures, each having
a stiff hair arising from its base, the disk with six white spots, formed
by closely crowded hairs, two on each side, one at the apex and another
at the base; scutellum covered with white hairs; elytra much broader
than the prothorax, coarsely punctured, each puncture with a white
hair, the apex of each truncate internally, the suture produced into a
short spine, at the shoulder and extending obliquely backwards an
nregular black band, behind the middle a second band, but transverse
and very irregular; body beneath brownish testaceous, with spots of
white hairs on the abdomen; legs and antennz pale brownish, the tips
of the femora black. Length 11 lines.

This species resembles J. thoracicum, Pasc., but differs in the
rounded, not straight, sides of the prothorax, and in the truncate
apex of each elytron, not rounded as in that species. J. scutellatum,
Hope, has the apex of each elytron rounded andentire. J. cretiferum
of the same author (constituting his genus Coptopterus) has the apex
of each elytron emarginate.

OpsIpoTa.

Caput antice brevissimum, tuberis antenniferis basi approximatis. Oculi
perampli, valde emarginati. Antenne corpore longiores, scapo subcur-
yato obconico, articulo tertio paulo breviore, quarto fere sequali, cieteris
longioribus et subequalibus, omnibus, primo et secundo exceptis, uni-
lateraliter dilatatis. Palpi breves, incrassati. Prothorax sequalis, late-
ribus rotundatis. Hlytra subbrevia, parallela, depressa, apice integra.
Pedes mediocres ; femora compressa. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia.

In its very short face this genus agrees with Didymocantha, Newm.

236 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

(D. obliqua), but differs in the form of the prothorax and the absence
of the lateral spines; the dilated joints of the antenne also are cha-
racteristic, although there is a sharpness on one side in Didymocantha
that marks an approach to the same structure.

Opsidota infecta. (Pl. XI. fig. 6.)

O. fusca, nitida, disperse griseo hirta; elytris obsolete flavo plagiatis.

Hab. South Australia.

Dark brown, shining ; head as broad as the prothorax, with a sharply
impressed frontal line, the eye occupying the whole side of the head,
and somewhat approximating on the vertex; prothorax not longer than
broad, the apex and base equal in breadth, very rugosely punctured with
scattered, stiff, greyish hairs, which are rather more densely placed on
the centre and sides, so as to form five spots; scutellum slightly rounded
behind ; elytra about twice the length of the head and thorax together,
much broader than the latter, covered with large irregular punctures,
with stiff, scattered, decumbent greyish hairs and a few nearly obsolete
yellow blotches, the apex with a short sutural spine ; body beneath and
legs dark brown, with greyish hairs; antennz dull brown. Length
7-9 lines.

TapHos.

Caput subexsertum, antice brevissimum, tuberis antenniferis distantibus.
Oculi majusculi, intus lunulati. Antenne 11-articulat, corpore lon-
giores, glabree, scapo brevi, obconico, articulo secundo brevissimo, ceeteris
compressis, subzequalibus, apice lateraliter productis, ultimo emarginato.
Palpi incrassati. Mazille lobo externo producto, fimbriato. Prothorax
capite latior, eequatus, lateraliter dentatus. E/ytra late depressa, apice
rotundata. Pedes mediocres. Coxe antice distantes, globose, haud
exsertee. Femora simplicia. Tars? postici articulo basali elongato-
triangulari. Prosternum elevatum. Mesosternum latum, declive. Ace-
tabula antica anguste angulata.

The single specimen from which I have drawn up this description
appears to be a female. If I am right in referring it to the neigh-
bourhood of Cerambya notwithstanding its broad depressed body,
the antenne of the other sex will prove to be somewhat different,
probably longer and less compressed. I feel, however, some difficulty
about its location, the form of the head, antenne, and simple femora
pointing to Cerambyx ; but it differs remarkably from it in habit, in
this respect bearing considerable resemblance to a Prionid.

Taphos aterrimus. (Pl. XI. fig. 7.)

T. ater, nitidus, glaber.
Hab. South Australia.
Deep glossy black, without pubescence; head sparingly punctured,

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with a short, strongly impressed mesial line between the eyes, termina-
ting above the epistome in a broad, transverse depression ; prothorax
nearly as long as broad, the sides irregular, having rather behind the
middle a short angular tooth, disk with scattered shallow punctures,
its sides somewhat slightly corrugated ; scutellum triangular, obtuse at
the apex; elytra much broader than the prothorax, rather short and
depressed, the sides nearly parallel, coarsely punctured at the base, the
punctures becoming nearly obsolete at the apex; pectus transversely
corrugated; metasternum and abdomen glossy black, nearly impunc-
tate; legs black ; tibize slightly ciliated internally; antenne black and
opake, except the basal joint. Length 9 lines.

Ceresium? modestum.

C. rufo-testaceum, pube grisea sparse tectum ; prothorace breviter ovato,
~ medio cicatricoso ; elytris oblongo-oyatis ; femoribus subclavatis,
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Reddish testaceous, covered with short, greyish, scattered hairs; head
without any mesial line, the eye occupying nearly the whole side; an-
tenne scarcely two-thirds the length of the body; prothorax shortly
ovate, a longitudinal scar-like line in the middle; scutellum subtrans-
verse, rounded; elytra oblong-ovate, narrower in the male, rather
closely punctured, each puncture with a grey hair arising from its base,
the apex rounded ; body beneath reddish chestnut, sparsely pubescent ;
legs rather short, the femora scarcely clavate. Length 4-5 lines.

If Ceresium raripilum of Newman, the type of the genus, is to be
strictly defined (which, however, Mr. Newman has not done), this
species can only be considered as doubtfully congeneric. There are
several undescribed species which it will be necessary to work up
before the limits of Ceresiwm can be ascertained.

Obrium dorsale.
O. castaneum, nitidum; prothorace, antennis, pedibus elytrisque basi et
medio luteis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Dark chestnut, shining, with short, scattered, erect hairs ; head roughly
punctured ; antenne rather longer than the body, pale luteous; pro-
thorax elongate, irregularly and coarsely punctured, nodose at the side,
the disk with three rather obscurely defined, smooth prominences; scu-
tellum triangular; elytra rather narrow, with large, deep, closely set
punctures, the base and stripe down the suture for about two-thirds of
its length pale luteous; body beneath glabrous, glossy luteous; legs
luteous, shining, with long, erect, dispersed hairs. Length 5 lines.

This species and the following are rather more robust than usual.
The anterior coxe are also not at all exserted, and their acetabula
have a long angular slit externally.

238 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

Obrium tripartitum.
O. castaneum, subnitidum; elytris dimidio basali, antennis pedibusque
luteo-testaceis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Dark chestnut, subnitid, clothed with long, erect, scattered grey hairs ;
head very roughly and closely punctured; antennz shorter than the
body, pale luteous; prothorax rather longer than broad, coarsely punc-
tured, the disk irregular, with two transverse, smooth prominences an-
teriorly, the sides doubly nodose ; scutellum triangular, pale luteous ;
elytra considerably broader than the prothorax, covered with large,
round, deeply impressed punctures, and becoming less marked towards
the apex, the basal half luteous testaceous, apex round and paler in
colour; body beneath glossy luteous, the legs paler. Length 6 lines.

A more robust insect than the last; the colours differently dis-
posed, &c.

Phacodes ferrugineus.
P. rufo-brunneus, sparse pubescens; prothorace rude punctato, haud
tuberculato ; elytris apice rotundatis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Uniform reddish brown and thinly pubescent ; head coarsely punc-
tured; antenne about two-thirds the length of the body, the basal
joint short, but as long as the third joint; prothorax covered with
nearly confluent irregularly impressed punctures, without any tubercles,
and with remotely dispersed short hairs; scutellum hairy, subscutiform ;
elytra with small crowded punctures, more distinctly placed towards the
apex, which is entire; body beneath pale ferruginous, with short, scanty
greyish hairs; femora and anterior legs luteous; tibiz and tarsi of the
intermediate and posterior pairs dark brown. Length 6 lines.

Nearly allied to P. personatus, Er., but without any tubercles on
the prothorax, differing also in the relative proportion of the joints of
the antenne, and in the colour, which is a uniform reddish brown,
and very scantily pubescent.

Uracanthus fuligineus.
U. fuscus, totus griseo-hirtus ; elytrorum apice introrsum emarginato.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Brown, the upper surface entirely covered with crisp greyish hairs;
head reddish pitchy, finely punctured; antenne rather longer than the
body; prothorax not nodose at the sides; scutellum nearly triangular;
elytra of nearly equal breadth throughout, very slightly incurved poste-
riorly, the apex very obliquely emarginate towards the suture, the ex-
ternal angle slightly produced, but scarcely spinous; body beneath
closely covered with a short greyish pile, except the throat, which is
glossy brown; legs with scattered greyish hairs. Length 7 lines.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 239

A very distinct species, readily distinguished by its uniform colour
and the oblique emargination of the apex of the elytra.

Mysrrosa.

Caput antice subproductum, inter oculos plano-elevatum. Oculi magni,
leviter emarginati. Antenne corpore vix longiores, scapo tenuiter
ovato, articulo tertio breviore, quarto paulo longiore, czeteris longiori-
bus et subzequalibus. Palpi cylindrici. Prothorax oblongus, lateribus
medio nodosus. Elytra elongata, fere parallela, apice truncata. Aceta-
bula antica late angulata. Core antice et intermedi distantes. Pedes
subbreves; femora compressa, vix clavata. Tuarsi modice elongati,
attenuati, -dbdomen elytris superante, in medio constrictum, apice de-
pressum, segmentis eequalibus.

This genus appears to be in some degree intermediate between
Uracanthus and Bardistus, but agreeing much more closely with the
former, although the muzzle is much shorter, and the anterior aceta-
bula are very largely and broadly angulated. In this character, and
to a certain extent in habit, Mystrosa resembles Bardistus ; the re-
markable eye, however, in that genus and the contiguous anterior
and intermediate cox will readily distinguish it. The singularly
formed abdomen, contracted in the middle, and dilated and flattened
at the apex, although not very considerably, is quite unparalleled, so
far as I know, in this family.

Mystrosa rubiginea. (PI. XI. fig. 2.)
M. rufo-castanea, prothoracis lineis duabus obscure griseis; oculis nigris.
Hab. South Australia,

Reddish chestnut; head with a deeply impressed line between the
eyes, dividing into two branches above the epistome ; prothorax longer
than broad, apex and base of the same breadth, stoutly knotted or
angulated at the side, a broad line of dull greyish hairs on the disk on
each side; scutellum rounded behind ; elytra sublinear, closely punc-
tured, with four somewhat oblique slightly elevated lines on each, the
inner or sutural line most evident at the base, where the other three
are less conspicuous, apex truncate, the outer angle produced ; body
beneath dark luteous; eyes black. Length 7 lines.

Akiptera Waterhouse. (Pl. XI. fig. 4.)

A. nigra; elytris basi, regione scutellari excepto, facie gulaque flavescen-
tibus; prothorace fere zequato, toto nigro.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Waterhouse).

Black, with short, scattered, erect hairs, principally on the head, pro-
thorax, and legs; head roughly punctured, with a sharp mesial line
terminating above the epistome in a deep transverse depression ; face,
throat, and palpi yellow; mandibles black; prothorax closely punctured,
nodose on the disk on each side, lateral tooth produced, obtusely trian-

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240 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

gular; scutellum scutiform ; elytra rather broader than the prothorax,
finely punctured, with two raised lines at the base, the apex rounded
externally, but with a short tooth internally at the suture, a broad
yellow band occupying, except just across the scutellum, rather less
than the basal third; the pectus black, hairy; abdomen steel-blue; legs
black, except the distal portions of the femora and proximal of the tibize
of the anterior and intermediate pairs, which are bright yellow. Length
8 lines.

Akiptera was founded some years ago by Mr. W. Wilson Saunders
for a very rare insect; indeed I believe only one specimen is known,
which is now in the Melley Collection at Geneva. The species de-
scribed above differs from Mr. Saunders’s specimen in the form of the
prothorax and in certain discrepancies in colour. I have drawn up
the following diagnosis of the genus that its characters may be con-
trasted with those of allied genera, the nearest of which appears to
be Bimia, the antenne, however, very nearly resembling Hesthesis.
Another species (if it be one, as it only differs in the elytra being
altogether black) was taken, for the first time, just before Christmas
last by Mrs. Kruesler at Gawler.

AxrpTerA, W. Wilson Saunders.

Caput exsertum, antice subquadratum, tuberis antenniferis validis, di-
stantibus. Labrum et epistoma perbrevia. Palpi breves, articulo ultimo
obtuse ovato. Oculi mediocres, reniformes. Antenne 11-articulate, elon-
gatee, filiformes, glabrata, seapo modice elongato, obconico, apice rotun-
dato, articulo secundo medio constricto, tertio scapo sequali, ceteris
gradatim longioribus compressis, articulo ultimo apicem versus emargi-
nato. Prothorax capite vix latior, equatus, nodosus, lateribus dentatus.
Elytra abdomine paulo breviora, divaricata, apice extus rotundata. Ace-
tabula antica fortiter angulata. Pedes mediocres. Coxe antic exserte.
Prosternum angustissimum. Mesosternum depressum, angustum.

Earinis.

Caput subproductum, tuberis antenniferis validis, distantibus. Epistoma
occultum. Labrum minutum. Palpi breves, obtusi. Oculi reniformes,
prominuli. Antenne lineares, 11-articulate, breves (dimidio corpore
fere longiores), scapo vix elongato, articulo tertio paulo longiore, quarto
brevi, ceteris longioribus vel subsequalibus. Prothorax vix oblongus,
pone medium lateribus angulatus, antice et postice constrictus. Elytra
angusta, subparallela, abbreviata, apice divaricata. Abdomen elon-
gatum, segmentis eequalibus. Pedes breves; tarsi mediocres. Core
anticee approximate. Acetabula antica late angulata. Mesosternum

ny . q
~ parvum. Corpus elongatum, depressum.

One of the more remarkable genera of Longicorns, the peculiar
habit giving it, at first sight, the appearance of a Malacoderm, as for

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 241

instance, some species of Carphurus, Er. Its affinity is not very
decided, but, of all the genera known to me, I have no hesitation in
placing it nearest to Tropis. It must be recollected that there are
a number of very peculiar, and some of them very isolated, forms
generally brought together under the Lepturide, but some of which
have also been considered to belong to the Prionide. If we exclude
Leptura, Strangalia, and other almost purely northern genera, we
shall probably find that there remain several forms, some of which
it will be natural to consider as representatives of distinct subfamilies ;
but it will be almost impossible to find characters that will limit these
satisfactorily ; therefore, and as a matter of convenience only, it may
perhaps be desirable not to separate them. -If such a separation be
made, we think Harinis will stand as the type of one of these sub-
families. The whole insect is nearly glabrous, except for the long
scattered setose hairs. So far as I know, it has only been taken by
Mrs. Kruesler at Gawler.

Earinis mimula, (Pl. XI. fig. 3.)

E. nigro setulosa; capite nigro-chalybeato; prothorace flavo ; elytris pur-
pureis, fasciis duabus stramineis ornatis.
Hab. South Australia (Gawler).

Narrow and depressed, with slender, erect, scattered black hairs;
head dark chalybeate, roughly punctured, a broad groove between the
antenne ; prothorax glossy yellow, punctured only to receive the long
hairs that are thinly dispersed on its disk; scutellum transverse, black ;
elytra closely punctured, purple, with two pale straw-coloured bands
posteriorly ; the first and largest of these bands has the texture of the
part raised, with fewer and larger punctures than elsewhere, the apex
obtusely pointed; legs black, coarsely punctured, the posterior, when
extended, not reaching beyond the abdomen; metasternum black, pro-
pectus pale yellow, the abdomen reddish yellow, with the last abdominal
segment entirely, and the two preceding in the centre only, chalybeate
black; antenne black, the fourth to the tenth joints inclusive yellow at
the base. Length 6 lines.

In a second specimen the hind head is yellow; the elytra, meta-
sternum, and last abdominal segment, with the spots on the preceding
two, are bright chalybeate-blue.

Agapete Kruesleri. :
A, niger; capite rubro ; abdomine infra segmentis secundo et tertio totis
griseo pilosis.
Hab. South Australia (Mrs. Kruesler). -
Head orange-red, closely punctured, a deep fovea between the eyes,
immediately above the antennary tubers, mesial line well marked ;
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242 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

eyes and tips of the mandibles black; antennz black, except the con-
dyle of the basal joint; prothorax black, coarsely punctured, with scat-
tered erect hairs; scutellum shortly scutiform; elytra pale yellowish
olive; abdomen black, the two middle segments and posterior half of the
basal covered with pale olivaceous silky hairs, sterna black ; legs glossy
black, with long, erect, scattered, pale greyish hairs. Length 6 lines.

Of the two specimens before me, neither have the antenne perfect,
but they appear, judging from what remains, to have been consider-
ably shorter than the body. The species, however, is at once dis-
tinguished from A. carissima, Newm., the only other known, by its
black prothorax.

Mallodon Odewahnii.

M. depressum ; prothorace transverso, antice late emarginato, lateribus
spinoso-crenatis, crenis apice plerumque bifidis, disco, figura complexa
mediano excepta, minutissime punctato, granulifero; antennis nitidis,
sparse punctatis.

Hab, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Rather narrow and depressed, glossy brown, paler on the elytra; head
coarsely punctured ; mandibles deeply hollowed out on their dorsal sur-
face ; antenne about half the length of the body, scape not extending
to beyond half the breadth of the eye, coarsely punctured ; prothorax
transverse, the margin spinulose, the disk on each side with a large,
smooth, glossy space sparsely punctured, and a narrow strip at the
base, the rest finely and very closely punctured, with numerous scat-
tered granules amongst them; scutellum subtransverse, rounded be-
hind; elytra finely punctured; body beneath finely granulate; legs
covered with short, scanty hairs. Length 22 lines.

From Mallodon figuratum this species is distinguished by its nar-
rower form, short scape, mandibles deeply excavated above, pro-
thorax granulate, scutellum rounded behind, and elytra finely pune-
tured. On account of its spinose anterior tibie (a character of
scarcely specific value), it belongs to the genus Cnemoplites, Newm.

Mallodon cephatotes.

M. capite magno, vertice elevato ; prothorace convexo, crebre punctato,
lateribus angustissime marginatis, sparse crenatis; scutello subscuti-
formi, apice fere rotundato; antennis nitidis, vage punctatis; tibiis
inermibus.

Hab. Queensland (Mr. Diggles).

Dark glossy brown, lighter on the elytra; head large, the vertex ele-
vated and convex, very coarsely punctured; mandibles narrow, very
convex; scape of the antennze extending to the posterior margin of the
eye, with large scattered punctures; prothorax transverse, the margin
irregularly crenate, the disk with punctures of various sizes, many of

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 243

the larger ones confluent, no smooth spaces; scutellum subscutiform,
slightly pointed behind, nearly impunctate, an irregularly impressed
line near the margins on each side; elytra with numerous coarse but
very shallow punctures; body beneath covered with golden-brown
hairs, especially on the abdomen, where they are long and very dense,
the antepectus nearly glabrous, except around the prosternum; legs
glossy brown, glabrous, with a few distinct punctures ; tibiz unarmed.
Length 24 lines.

A fine and very distinct species, which it is quite unnecessary at
present to compare with any other.

Mallodon jejunum.

M, parallelum ; prothorace transverso, antice incurvo, lateribus vix cre-
natis, marginibus angustissimis, disco eroso-punctato, spatiis duabus
glabris triangularibus exceptis ; antennis vage punctatis, scapo triquetro.

Hab. Richmond River.

Narrow and, including the prothorax, nearly parallel, chestnut-brown,
the elytra testaceous brown; head narrower than the prothorax, coarsely
punctured, punctures mostly confluent ; mandibles short and thick, with
large remote punctures; antenne about half the length of the body, very
slender, except the scape, smooth, slightly and remotely punctured, the
scape short and triquetrous, and rather closely punctured ; prothorax
transverse, the anterior margin incurved, the side with a very narrow
border, which is only very slightly crenate, a sharp spine nearly parallel
with the side at the posterior angle, which is opposed to another poste-
riorly nearly at a right angle to it, the disk with a small smooth trian-
gular space on each side anteriorly ; scutellum finely punctured, some-
what triangular, its apex rounded ; elytra with crowded punctures, with
several often confluent together; body beneath nearly glabrous, the
metasternum only covered with long silly hairs; legs rather short,
glabrous, the intermediate as well as the anterior tibize spined. Length
14 lines.

The narrow parallel outline, slender antenne with a triquetrous

scape, armature of the prothorax, &c., are sufficiently distinctive of —
this species at present.

Differing from Mallodon in the greater length of the third antennal
joint, which considerably exceeds the scape, and in this respect agree-
ing with Macrotoma, but with the head in the male nearly as broad as
the prothorax, is a species for which I think a new generic name will
be necessary. This I have provisionally named Catypnes ; but at pre-
sent I shall not attempt to characterize itfurther. If Chiasmus and
Archetypus are to be retained, still more genera will have to be formed
out of the old Mallodon. I received my specimens from W. Macleay,
Esq., M.L.A., of Sydney. °

244 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

Catypnes Macleayt.
C. castaneus, nitidus ; prothorace transverso, irregulariter punctato, utrin-
que trispinoso; elytris subremote punctatis.
Hab. Richmond River.

Dark glossy chestnut, lighter on the elytra; head very large in the
male, and nearly as broad as the prothorax in both sexes, erosely and
roughly punctured; mandibles concave above ; eye narrow, nearly en-
tire ; antenne about half the length of the body, the scape very short
and subcylindrical ; prothorax transverse, covered with numerous punc-
tures of various sizes, but generally smaller and more dispersed in the
middle, the sides with three equidistant spines or teeth; scutellum
transverse, slightly emarginate behind; elytra scarcely broader than
the prothorax in the male, considerably broader in the female, covered
with small and somewhat distant punctures ; body beneath pale chest-
nut, shining, the postpectus covered with sparse yellowish hairs; legs
rather short, the tibize unarmed. Length 25 lines.

Macrotoma papyria.

M. rufo-testacea; prothorace eroso-punctato, marginibus denticulato,
disco spatiis duabus triangularibus nitidis ; antennis pedibusque tenu-
atis, tibiis anticis et intermediis extus denticulatis.

Hab. South? Australia.

Rufous testaceous; head shorter and broader than usual, especially
below the eyes, with confluent impressed points; eyes large, black, and
less approximate in front; mandibles small ; antennz scarcely half the
length of the body, nearly filiform, and remotely punctured, the scape
short, triquetrous, the third joint very little longer than the scape ; pro-
thorax reddish chestnut, transverse, coarsely and erosely punctured,
with two large, shining, triangular, and nearly smooth elevated patches
on the disk, the lateral margins armed with long slender teeth, about a
dozen on each side, the eighth or ninth longest and recurved ; scutellum
subtriangular, the sides slightly rounded; elytra narrow, thin, and
nearly transparent, covered with crowded punctures ; abdomen reddish
brown, glossy, nearly glabrous, the breast clothed with yellowish hairs ;
legs rather short, slender; femora nearly smooth beneath ; anterior and
intermediate tibiee denticulate, but on the outer margin only; tarsi
slender. Length 17 lines.

A slight-looking species, with elytra of very thin texture, no arma-
ture beneath the femora, and the anterior and intermediate tibizw with
the outer margin only denticulate.

Three species, which it was my intention to describe in this paper,
I have been compelled, on a minuter examination, to consider as re-
presentatives of new forms, and therefore to defer the descriptions
until they can be figured. One of these has been already alluded to

‘Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Australian Species of Clytus. 245

under the name of Bebius (ante, p. 235), Another, resembling So-
phron*, Newm., but with large facets to the eyes (Zbarina), is from
South Australia. A third, with the habit of Ropica, Pasc., but with
a differently formed prothorax, &c. (Phwapate), has been recently
received from Queensland. These, with other novelties, will be de-
scribed and figured in the next part of this Journal.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XI.

Fig. 1. Symphyletes Angasi. Fig. 6. Opsidota infecta.
3, 2. Mystrosa rubiginea. » 1. Taphos aterrimus.
» 3. Earinis mimula. » 8. Omophena Kruesleri.
» 4. Akiptera Waterhouset. », 9. Itheum vittigerum.

5. Penthea picta.

XIX.—Wote on the Australian Species of Clytus.
By Francis P. Pascon, F.L.S.

Tae number of Australian species belonging to the old genus Clytus
is very small. Five only are certainly known to inhabit that con-
tinent ; and as some attempts have been recently made to subdivide
the genus, it may be serviceable shortly to review the Australian
species in order to ascertain how far it is desirable to adopt the
changes proposed. ‘The five well-ascertained species indigenous to
Australia are .
Clytus thoracicus, Don. (Arideus, Thoms. ).
diophthalmus, Pasc. (Cremys, gen. nov.).
chrysoderes, White (Demonax, Thoms.).
Curtisii, Lap. et Gory (Anthoboscus, Chev.).
australis, Lap. et Gory (Xylotrechus, Chev.).

With regard to these divisions, I scarcely know how Anthoboscus +

is to be distinguished from Plagionotus, Muls., or this again from

* Recently described by me under the name of Cleadne (Trans. Ent. Soc.
ser. 3. i. p. 560, pl. 23. fig. 5), and unfortunately not recognized as the Sophron
inornatum of Newman until too late. In the figure (which accurately repre-
sents my specimen) the elytra are so contracted, that a very imperfect idea is
given of the animal’s appearance in its normal state. The small facets of the
eyes have been pointed out to me by M. James Thomson as one of the characters
that distinguish the Caliidiuwm group from the Obriwm and other allied forms.
Mr. Newman, in proposing Sophron (Entom. p. 354), says nothing as to its
affinities. To me they appeared very doubtful; but, having regard to this cha-
racter (7. ¢. the fine facets of the eye), there can be little hesitation in referring it
to the Callidiin.

+ This name has been previously used, I think, for a Dipteron, but I cannot
be sure. A. alphabeticus, Chey., appears to be my Clytus notabilis (ante, i. p. 360).

246 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on the Australian Species of Clytus.

Xylotrechus. Many of the species which Chevrolat refers to one
Thomson places under the other, ¢. g. C. plebeius, CO. ornatus, C.
verbasci, &e. M.Chevrolat regards Clytus scalaris as a true Olytus,
while it is a Plagionotus for M.Thomson. This author, indeed, con-
fines the term “ Clytus” to the North American species, most of the
numerous European species receiving the new name of Europa, which
was afterwards altered to Clytumnus. Perissus, Chev., seems to be
distinguished from Xylotrechus by the greater length of the four pos-
terior legs ; at least, I can make out nothing from the other characters
that will serve to differentiate the two.

In arranging between seventy and eighty species of Clytus (most
of them undescribed) belonging to the Malayan fauna, I have failed
to seize the characters on which those genera depend, and unfortu-
nately there is nothing distinctive in the habit which would enable
the eye to separate one form from another. For these, therefore, I
prefer retaining the old name of Clytus. Arideus and Demonax may
be accepted, although the limits of the latter are not very satis-
factory. In this case it will be necessary to separate Clytus dioph-
thalmus, a remarkable form, and one of the most distinct of the whole
group. This genus I have named as above Cremys, which, with a
habit slightly resembling Arideus, but with another style of colora-
tion, differs technically in the absence of spines to the antenne and
the non-clavate femora.

The doubtfully indigenous species are

Clytus sexmaculatus, Don. Apparently unknown to every one.

—— glaucinus, Boisd. Said to be from Australia by MM. Laporte
and Gory. The habitat of Boisduval’s specimen was unknown to
him.

Durvillei, Lap. & Gory. “ Rawak, New Guinea.” In the British

Museum, ticketed “ Rockingham Bay.”

annulosus, Fab. According to Boisduval, found at ‘“ Port Jak-
son.’ Is a very common species all over India and the islands
down to New Guinea.

—— attenuatus, Boisd. As the author thinks this ought probably to
form a new genus, we may he quite sure it has nothing to do with
Clytus.

V-album, Boisd. From Hobart Town. Apparently belongs to

the genus Zoédia.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. XI.—DrEcEemBeEr, 1864.

XX.— Descriptions of New ‘Australian Phytophaga.
By the Rev. Hamzzr Crarx, M.A., F.LS.
[Puate XII.]

Tue following paper contains, for the most part, descriptions of new
Australian Phytophaga which I obtained in M. Damel’s collection
some months ago, and which are now in Mr. Baly’s cabinet and my
own. But a very small portion of his insect-boxes contained Phyto-
phaga; nevertheless among them were many new species, and some
entirely new forms. Australia is not (like Europe) almost exhausted
as to our knowledge of its genera, When we see on the map the
comparatively small spots of that vast region which have supplied to
our cabinets the Australian species that adorn them, and remember
that even from these districts no collection is ever sent home without
some, it may be several, novelties, we have no difficulty in believing
that the number of species yet to be discovered in this interesting
continent far exceeds the total number of the species we are as yet
able to register. I suppose that, respecting Phytophaga, we may
safely assert (what certainly we cannot say of every family of Coleo-
ptera) that all the material which has been, or which is being placed
in English collections is already fairly worked out (with the excep-
tion, certainly, of Paropsis, which at present, for lack of knowledge,
combined with the over-abundance of material, cannot be accom-
plished); no collections sent to this country are suffered to remain
unused ; and the natural and happy consequence is, that our valued
friends and correspondents in Australia are themselves giving perhaps
more attention than before to these interesting forms: we can assure
them that their work is not unappreciated in Europe.
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248 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

The following are among the most interesting additions to the
group :—
Fam. Sagride.

Genus MrcynopEra, Hope.

M. Balyi,n.sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 1.)

M. elongato-ovata, rufa, nitida; capite producto, nigro: thorace elongato-
quadrato, angulis anticis haud acutis, lateribus ad medium subcon-
strictis, disco post medium transverse depresso, impunctato, nigro, ad
medium (preesertim ad basin) nigro; scutello nigro : elytris thorace duplo
(ad humeros) latioyibus et triplo longioribus, apud humeros oblique
ad suturam mediam versus impressis vel corrugatis, maculis ordinatis
quasi punctorum seriebus indistincte ornatis, plagis undique 5 nigris,
Jma apud scutellum, minuta subcirculari; 244 a basi media (juxta hume-
ros), obliqua vel oblique arcuata ad suturam ante medium; 3tia ad mar-
ginem, circulari (hac aliquando fortasse cum 24@ confluente) ; 4t@ trans-
versa latiore, postmedia; 5t@ ante apicem, lata, brevi: sutura margineque
ad apicem tenuiter etiam nigris vel nigro-fuscis: corpore nigro, subtus
pedibusque pubescentibus; abdomine rufo, segmento ultimo fusco-
nigro; pedibus nigris, femoribus rufis; antennis robustis, nigris.

Long. corp. 6 lin., lat. 22 lin.

A form of this handsome genus which is obviously different from
the previously described species M/. cowalgica ; the pattern of its mark-
ings, its size, and its greater breadth amply separate it. I received
specimens from the collection of Damel, by whom it was taken (with
many examples of cowalgica) from the twigs, not the flowers, of
shrubs, and was, as he informed me, far from uncommon: the genus
would seem to have the habit as well as almost the form of a Longi-
corn; the insects, when disturbed by the entomologist, grip the leaf
or bark tightly with their legs, so that it is impossible to obtain them
by beating or brushing: M. Damel took his by carefully looking for
them when he had discovered their special habitat. Of cowalgica
he took two distinct forms—the commoner one described by M.
Lacordaire, in all its varieties of colour, and also a second, exactly
similar in pattern to the well coloured examples, but very minute
(at least, half the size); and he assured me that these two forms
were taken by him from two different trees, which led him to consider
the two as separate species. The five examples of M. Balyi which
his collection contained manifested no variety of pattern or size.

I have pleasure in naming this beautiful species after my friend
Mr. Baly of Kentish Town, to whom I am indebted for much valua-
ble information respecting Phytophaga.

Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 249

Fam. Crioceride.

Genus Criocrrts, Geoff.

1. C. fusco-maculata, n. sp.

C. oblongo-parallela, punctata, flava, nitida; capite nigro, antice pubes-
cente, ad basin undique oblique foveolato: thorace subquadrato, ad
latera coarctate, ad basin modice arcuato, sparsim et tenuiter punctato ;
scutello minuto, elongato-triangulari, fusco: elytris parallelis, convexis,
leviter punctato-striatis (punctis sat distinctis, distantibus, apicem
versus et ad marginem obsoletis) ; macula undique inter striam 5tam et
medium marginem, nigra, marginem haud attingente, subcirculari :
corpore subtus fusco-nigro, abdominis segmentis rufo-fuscis ; pedibus
nigris, femoribus flavis; antennis nigris.

Long. corp. 4 lin., lat. 1} lin.

A species nearly related to C. nigripes, Fab., and to be placed in
the subsection of the genus that contains our European merdigera
and 12-punctata: it differs from nigripes, Fab. (which also is found
in New Holland), not only by its coloration (the head being black
instead of flavous, the hue of its elytra darker and less bright flavous,
and its two circular markings), but also in structure: of the thorax
the front is not so broad, and the medial constriction not so angular,
the surface also is not levigate, but finely punctate; in the elytra
the punctures are deeper, larger, and more widely separated.

I received two examples from Damel’s collection, taken by him in
New South Wales, where doubtless further research will discover other
species that belong to this, M. Lacordaire’s Subgroup iii. of the genus.

In the collections of Mr. Baly and Rev. H. Clark.

2. OC. multipunctata, n. sp.

C. oblonga, parallela, crebre et fortiter punctata, rufo-flava, nitida: capite
inter oculos obscure transverse depresso, rufo-ferrugineo, labro et apice
nigris: thorace subquadrato, lateribus ad medium vel potius pone
medium valde constrictis, ad basin transverse fortiter foveolato, im-
punctato; scutello subtriangulari, nitido: elytris parallelis, fortiter et
crebre punctato-striatis: corpore subtus, pedibus anticis et mediis an-
tennisque fuscis, antennarum art. basalibus 4, genibus mediis pedibusque
anticis flavis vel rufo-flavis.

Long. corp. 24 lin., lat. ¢ lin.

A species that will be placed at the end of the fourth subgroup of
Lacordaire’s arrangement. I received a single specimen from Damel’s
collection, taken by him in New South Wales.

Lert
be

250 Rev. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

Fam. Chrysomelide.
Genus Paropsts, Oliv.

P. purpureo-viridis, n. sp.

P. oyalis, leviter punctato-striata, purpureo-viridis, nitida; capite for-
titer punctato, nigro: thorace lateribus undique rotundatis, tenuiter
marginatis, antice circulariter excavato; disco subtilissime punctato,
latera versus sparsim sed fortiter punctato, eneo-nigro; scutello sub-
triangulari, levi, nitido: elytris subtiliter punctato-striatis, interstitiis
minutissime punctatulis; purpureo-viridibus, ad suturam (juxta scu-
tellum) et ad marginem latius viridi-sneis: corpore subtus, pedibus
antennisque nigris.

Long. corp. 6 lin., lat. 4 lin,

Species of this vast and very difficult genus Paropsis have been
described by different authors, as Olivier, Erichson, Germar, Mar-
sham, Stal, and Newman. The nomenclature is very confused ; and
what is worse, the insects themselves change in colour and pattern
entirely after death. Some day we may hope, by the patient perse-
verance of students at home aided by figured representations of the
living insects from Australia, to attain to a true knowledge of the
several species: in the mean time it will probably be better to wait,
rather than attempt to unravel the skein with some probability of
failure.

The species before us is therefore the only one, of some thirty or
fifty from Damel’s collection, which I propose to describe here. It
is singularly abnormal in colour, and to be confounded with no other
examples that have ever been sent to England. It was taken in
North Australia.

Let me express an earnest wish that some of our valued corre-
spondents, as Mr. MacLeay, Mr. Wilson, Rev. W. King, or Mr.
Diggles, may be induced to turn their attention to this specially
Australian group. I would ask them to be so good as fully to de-
scribe the living insect ; and then if they would entrust the insects
so described, with their descriptions, to some competent Coleopterist in
Europe, who could attack the literature of the subject, we should
have reason to expect that the problems might be solved.

Genus Cuanconampra, Blanch.

C. verrucosa, n. sp. (PI. XII. fig. 2 et a.)

C. oblongo-ovalis, punctato-striata, verrucosa, nigra vel seneo-nigra,
nitida; capite ineequaliter rugoso, punctato; thorace lato, lateribus
rotundatis, disco inzequaliter granulato, fortiter punctato (ad discum
medium sparsim, ad latera crebre), scutello parvo; elytris elongatis, ad

Rev. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 251

apicem attenuatis, punctato-striatis, punctis magnis haud profundis, ver-

rucarum etiam seriebus quatuor ; verrucis depressis, ad marginem penitus

obsoletis ; corpore subtus, pedibus antennisque nigris vel eneo-nigris.
Long. corp. 4 lin., lat. 2 lin.

This species has been received, as well as from Damel’s collection,
by Mr. Baly and myself from Mr. Stevens, who obtained it from
Australia.

Genus AvsTRALIcA, Chevr.

1. A. pyrrhocephala, n. sp.

A, lata, sat depressa, parallela, punctata, eeneo- vel cyaneo-nigra; capite
inter oculos transverse foveolato, punctato, rufo: thorace transverso,
lateribus parallelis, angulis anticis prominulis; disco punctato, ad latera
fortius impresso ; scutello subcordiformi: elytris thorace vix latioribus,
ad apicem rotundatis, punctatis, eneo- vel cyaneo-nigris: corpore sub-
tus viridi-zneo, nitido; abdominis segm. ultimo pedibusque nigris;
antennis robustis, ad apicem subincrassatis, fuscis vel nigro-fuscis.

Long. corp. 3 lin., lat. 2 lin.

A. pyrrhocephala will be placed next to A. ruficeps, Boisd. Voy.
d’Astrolabe, p. 578; Baly, Ent. Tr. ii. p. 247. The only examples
that I know of the species were received from the neighbourhood of
Sydney by the Marquis La Ferté, in whose collection they were. In
the cabinets of Mr. Baly and the Rev. H. Clark.

2. A. paropsoides, n. sp.

A, ovalis, confertissime et fortiter punctata, rufo-ferruginea ; capite punc-
tato, labro flavo: thorace longitudinis fere duplalatitudine, lateribus caput
versus arcuato-angustatis, leviter marginatis, angulis anticis prominulis ;
disco crebre, ad latera sparsim fortiter punctato; scutello levi: elytris
amplis, parallelis, ad apicem rotundatis, crebre et fortiter punctatis
(punctis inter se seepius rugis brevibus transversis connexis), rufo-
ferrugineis, ad latera et apicem fusco adumbratis: corpore subtus, pedi-
bus antennisque (his art. 8-11™u™ fuscis) flavis vel rufo-flavis.

Long. corp. 4} lin., lat. 3 lin.

A single specimen, apparently from New South Wales, but with-
out a ticket, in Damel’s collection.

Genus Cuatcometa, Baly.

C. pilula, n.sp. (PI. XII. fig. 4 et d.)

C. ovalis, fere rotundata, punctata, eeneo-nigyra, nitida ; capite irregulariter
punctato; thorace transverso, rotundato, tenuiter marginato, ad discum
subtilissime et equaliter, latera versus rarius et fortiter punctato,
seutello transverso-triangulari; elytris punctato-striatis, punctis di-

252 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

stantibus, intervallis inequalibus ; corpore subtus, antennis pedibusque
eeneo-nigris.
Long. corp. 2+ lin., lat. 2 lin.

Swan River and New South Wales are the two localities with which

my examples are registered. The species is also in the cabinet of
Mr. Baly.

Fam. Eumolpide.

Genus Ruyparipa, Baly.

I think that the species composing this genus may eventually be
divided into two genera. The following, however, is a true Rhypa-
rida, closely resembling in form Mr. Baly’s type R. dimidiata.

R. nitida, n. sp.

R. oblonga, parum convexa, punctato-striata, eeneo-nigra, nitida; capite
inter oculos longitudinaliter foveolato, subtilissime punctato; thorace
transverso, longitudinis dupla latitudine, lateribus haud parallelis, rotun-

datis et tenuiter marginatis, angulis anticis distinctis, disco levi sub-
tiliter punctato; elytris latis, punctato-striatis (punctis obseuris, haud
profundis, et apicem versus penitus obliteratis) ; corpore subtus pedibus-
que eeneo-nigris; antennis fuscis, articulis ad basin flavis.

Long. corp. 23 lin., lat. 1 lin.

Shorter, less distinctly punctate, and darker in colour than viridi-
cenea, Blanch., which is clearly punctate-striate throughout, and in
colour of a dull metallie green.

I have received both these insects from New South Wales.

Subfamily TyrorHorina, Baly.

MARrs2vs, nov. gen.

Generi Rhyparide (Baly, Journ. Ent. 1861, p. 286) approximans, sed paulo
elongatus, thoracisque marginibus haud rectis et parallelis aut sub-
parallelis (ut in specie R. grandi), sed vel rotundatis vel rotundato-
angulatis. Differt a proxim. genere Febra thorace subquadrato, non
transverso, elytris coarctiore, marginibus (ut in g. Damelia) ad humeros
haud attingentibus.

Corpus subparallelum, nitidum, plerumque punctate striatum. Capet ver-
ticale ; antennis filiformibus, modice attenuatis, art. 1™° crasso, art. 240
et 3tio subeequalibus (in Rhyparida art. 5tio et 4to eequalibus, art. 2do
minore). Thorax subquadratus, vel apicem versus angustior, lateribus
anguste marginatis, haud rectis sed subangulatis, interdum etiam rotun-
datis. Elytra sat parallela, et ad apicem rotundata (haud ut in Rhy-
parida grandi apicem versus angustata). Pedes robusti, femoribus
posticis subincrassatis; ¢ibis posticis et mediis margine exteriore ad
apicem dentatis ; weguieulis distincte dentatis.

Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 253

In facies these insects, which seem to me to require the erection
of a separate genus, are clearly allied to Rhyparida of Mr. Baly ;
but while they have a remarkable constancy of form inter se, they all
manifestly diverge from the form of R. grandis, and also from the type
form of R. dimidiata. The following species are narrower, slightly
more cylindrical, the upper surface not so depressed; the elytra are
parallel, not attenuated towards the apex, and not much broader
than the base of the thorax (those of Rhyparida grandis being at
least one-third broader than the thorax) ; in no case is the form of
the thorax transverse as in 2. dimidiata, it is quadrate or subqua-
drate as in 2. grandis, but differs from that species in its sides being
rounded or almost angulated, and not straight and parallel.

Type, M. Didymus, Fab. (Cryptocephalus) Syst. Eleut. 11. 43. 11.

(Type in Brit. Mus.)

1. M. vittatus, Blanch. Voy. au Pole sud, iv. p. 327. 19, 4.

This is apparently a common as well as variable species found
throughout the northern regions of Australia. It has been received
by Mr. Bakewell, Mr. Baly, and myself from our correspondents.

2. M. wigro-cyaneus, n. sp.

M. sat robustus, parallelus, punctate striatus, nigro-cyaneus, nitidus ; capite
verticali, inter oculos ad medium longitudinaliter foveolato: thorace
late ad latera rotundato et leviter marginato, sparsim et minute punc-
tato ; scutello plano, magno, subcordiformi: elytris robustis, parallelis,
humerorum angulis e thorace sejunctis, fortiter punctate striatis : cor-
pore subtus, pedibus antennisque nigris.

Long. corp. 4 lin., lat. 2 lin.

Not uncommon, probably, in New South Wales. In the collections
of Mr. Baly, Mr. Bakewell, the Rev. T. A. Marshall, and the Rev. H.

Clark.
3. M. rufus, n. sp.

MW. oblongus, sat parallelus, robustus, punctate striatus, nitidus, fusco-
rufus vel rufus; capite verticali, antice rugoso, inter oculos longitu-
dinaliter foveolato; thorace subquadrato (in ¢ attenuatiore), ad latera
antice et pone valde constricto (ad medium rotundato-angulato), late-
ribus tenuiter marginatis, disco subtilissime punctato, scutello magno
subcordiformi; elytris thorace paulum latioribus, humeris anticis pro-
minulis, fortiter punctato-striatis; corpore subtus rufo ; pedibus nigris,
femoribus ad basin aliquando rufo-nigris; antennis nigris.

Long. corp. 33 lin. ; lat. ¢ 14%, 9 2 lin.

I have before me the two sexes of this species: the male is slightly
smaller, narrower, and more compact ; the thorax is narrower in pro-

254 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

portion to the elytra, and rather more quadrate. The species has
been taken by M. Damel in New South Wales; and is in the cabinets
of the Rey. T. A. Marshall, Mr. Baly, and the Rev. H. Clark.

4, M. ruficollis, n. sp.

M. oblongus, sat parallelus, robustus, punctato-striatus, viridi-zeneus ;
capite impunctato, ad medium foveolato, rufo; thorace subquadrato,
antice constricto et rotundato, lateribus in gad medium rotundato-an-
gulatis, tenuiter marginatis, disco subtilissime punctato rufo opaco;
scutello semicirculari, levi, rufo; elytris thorace paulo latioribus, pa-
rallelis, punctato-striatis, punctis sat magnis et distinctis, ad apicem et
in 2 juxta humeros fusco vel rufo-fusco adumbratis ; corpore subtus
rufo (abdomine fusco) ; pedibus antennisque pallide rufis, harum arti-
culis ultimis rufis.

Long. corp. 3 lin., lat. 13 lin.

Although very distinct in coloration from the preceding species, yet
the almost complete similarity in general form would suggest that the
species before us might be merely a modified pattern of M. rufus, differ-
ing from it in colour only ; a more careful examination, however, will
give clear marks of separation: when M. ruficollis and M. rufus are
viewed sideways, it will be seen that the line of the margination of the
thorax is in M. rufus curved, rising upwards towards the humeral
angles, while in WM. ru/ficollis (the species before us) this line of mar-
gination is straight bothin Qand $. From M. nigro-cyaneus it may
also be separated by its generally smaller size.

This species was also taken by Damel in New South Wales, and is
in the cabinets of Mr. Baly, the Rev. 'T. A. Marshall, and the Rev.
H. Clark.

5, M,. simplex, n. sp.

M. ovalis, parallelus, punctato-striatus, rufo-niger, nitidus; capite inter
oculos foveolato, impunctato ; thorace transverso, lateribus rotundatis
et tenuiter marginatis, disco subtilissime et squaliter punctato; scu-
tello subcordiformi, leevi; elytris parallelis, ad apicem rotundatis, punc-
tato-striatis (punctis distinctis, seequalibus) ; corpore subtus rufo-fusco,
abdominis seem. ultimo rufo ; pedibus flavis, genibus tibiarumque apici-
bus fuscis ; antennis fuscis, art. 1-4tum flavis.

Long. corp. 3 lin., lat. 13 lin.

I have little doubt that this species together with M. flavus of
this paper will hereafter constitute a new genus. The facies of the
insects are manifestly different from that of Rhyparida on the one
hand, and also (but less sensibly so) of Marseus: there is a breadth
of thorax which gives a parallel form tothe species, separating them
somewhat from the previous species of this-group, and also from the

Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 255

forms arranged under Rthyparida ; but inasmuch as more species seem
to be required before the question can be satisfactorily cleared up, I
prefer to leave its decision to Mr. Marshall, who is specially occupied
with the group, and to register them provisionally under the present
genus.

Two examples of M. simplex were taken by Damel in North Au-
stralia. An example is in Mr. Baly’s collection, and also in my own.

6. M. rufo-flavus, n. sp.

M. ovalis, robustus, punctatus, rufo-flavus, subnitidus ; capite inter oculos
transverse necnon longitudinaliter foveolato; thorace lateribus ad me-
dium rotundatis et antice attenuatis, transverso, impunctato; scutello
subtriangulari, levi; elytris robustis, parallelis, brevibus, apice rotun-
datis, punctato-striatis, punctis post medium obsoletis; corpore subtus,
pedibus antennisque rufo-flavis.

Long. corp. 2} lin., lat. 1} lin.

A single species from the Marquis La Ferté’s collection is labelled

“ New Holland: ” it is also, I believe, in Mr. Bakewell’s collection

and that of Mr. Baly.

7. M. flavus, n. sp.

M. oblongo-ovalis, parallelus, leviter punctatus, stramineo-flavus, sub-
nitidus; capite inter oculos longitudinaliter foveolato, impunctato ; tho-
race latitudine elytris fere eequali, lateribus rotundatis marginatis, im-
punctato; scutello subcordiformi; elytris parallelis, tenuiter et regu-
lariter punctato-striatis; corpore subtus, pedibus antennisque flavis,
genibus antennarumque articulis 6-1]™™™ fuscis.

Long. corp. 23 lin., lat. 13 lin.

There is a greater breadth of thorax, and hence a difference of
facies between this and the preceding species; but as in all other
respects it agrees with my definition of Marseus, I prefer to deal
with it as an aberrant form of this group, rather than seek to erect
it into a separate genus.

I have received the species from New South Wales.

Genus DAMELIA,

Novum genus Eumolpidarum generibus Nodostomati Motsch, et Basilepte
Balyi approximans; ovale. Caput prominulum, perpendiculare, ad
apicem attenuatum ; oculi circulares; antenne filiformes, sat robuste,
articulis apicalibus vix incrassatis, Palpi mavillares articulo 1™° elon-
gato, 240 brevi, minuto, 3tio ad apicem attenuato. Thorax fere qua-
dratus, antice penitus constrictus, lateribus rotundatis haud marginatis,
disco in D. Marshalli rugoso. Scutellum subcordiforme, leve. Elytra
thorace latiora, humeris exstantibus, versus apicem subattenuata,

256 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

modice convexa. Pedes elongati,robusti ; femoribus apicem versus in-

crassatis; tibiis elongatis, lente arcuatis, mediis et posticis ad apicem

externa parte dente brevi armatis; ¢ars’s robustis, articulo penultimo
bifido ; wnguiculis mucronatis, in typo anticis bidentatis et posterioribus
appendiculatis.

Basilepta of Baly, of which an excellent figure is given in the
Journal of Entomology, vol. i. pl. 1. fig. 1, is found in Borneo, and is
evidently allied to Damelia, a Fiji Island form. The above diagnosis
will, however, point out several points of difference. In the genus
before us the antenne are much less filiform, the body is a trifle
shorter, less attenuate in proportion to its length; the legs (though
longer than in many genera of Eumolpide) are not so long as, and
are more robust than, those of Basilepta: there is no trace of any
toothing on the femora; the two hinder pairs of tibiee, however, are
armed with a short spine near the apex. In the type, D. Marshalli,
the claws also differ from those of Basilepta longipes.

D. Marshalli, n. sp.

D. ovalis, crebre et irregulariter verrucosa et punctata, nigro-senea
vel purpureo-nigra, nitida; capite crebre punctato, punctis aliquando
quasi confluentibus; thorace elytris duplo fere angustiore, lateribus
rotundatis haud marginatis, antice et ad basin contractis, disco fortiter
et dense punctato et tuberculis quoque tribus, una media antice, aliisque
undique medium juxta; scutello subtriangulari, punctato ; elytris sat
latis, latitudine thorace duplo fere majoribus, humeris exstantibus, late-
ribus parallelis, ad apicem rotundatis, fortiter et crebre punctatis, tuber-
culis quibusdam oblongis (irregulariter dispositis, veluti striis incertis
instructis), elytris ad apicem tenui pube vestitis; corpore subtus rufo-
nigro; pedibus rufis vel fusco-rufis; antennis fusco-rufis, art, 9Q—]]um
flavis.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

This pretty little species was taken sparingly in the Fiji Islands
by M. Damel, who communicated examples of it to me, and also to
Dr. Dohrn, of Stettin. I have seen five examples, which do not differ
from one another, except slightly in the colour of their legs. In
naming it after my friend the Rey. T. A. Marshall, I desire to ex-
press the pleasure with which we all welcome him as a fellow worker
among the Phytophaga, and as the special occupant of a group which,
above all, demands and will reward his patience and untiring perse-
verance.

In the collections of the Rev. T. A. Marshall, Mr. Baly, and the
Rev. H. Clark.

Rev. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 257

Fam. Gallerucidee.

Genus GatLeruca, Fab., Redt.

G. semipullata, n. sp.

G. oblongo-oyalis, pube densa vestita, nigra; capite proclivi, supra labrum
iterumque inter oculos transverse foveolato, supra antennarum basin
pube vestito, fusco ; thorace transverso, ad basin subcoarctato (angulis
anticis et basalibus distinctis), lateribus lente arcuatis, in disco juxta
angulos posteriores depressione lata transversa (hec depressio utrinque
longitudinaliter vel subcirculariter carinata est), sparsim (sed ad latera
cerebrius) punctato, pube rariore vestito, fusco; scutello subcordiformi,
pallide pubescente, nigro; elytris sat latis, parallelis, pube densa pal-
lide flava vestitis (infra pubem elytra ipsa quasi subtiliter granulata
videntur), nigris, vitta media communi lata oblique notata ab humeris
undique ad apicem ipsum rufo-fusca ; pedibus rufo-fuscis ; corpore sub-
tus antennisque nigris.

Long. corp. lin. 5, lat. lin. 24.

A common and well-known species from North Australia, which
would appear to have been hitherto undescribed.

Genus Meniprvs.

Novum genus Gallerucidarum (generi Galleruce Fab. et Redt. affine), latum,
robustum, parallelum. Caput proclive; antennis brevibus filiformibus ;
ocults rotundatis. Thorax elytris angustior, transversus, antice contractus
et ad media latera vel geniculatus vel rotundatus; scutello trangulari.
Elytra lata, sat convexa, brevia, lateribus parallelis. Pedes robusti,
simplices; tarsis brevibus (articulo 2d0 brevi, triangulari, 3tio bifido) ;
unguiculis breviter bihamatis.

Genus Australasize. Typus Menippus Cynicus.

A form which is allied to Galleruca proper by its robust and
parallel elytra and general form: it differs from it by being broader
and comparatively shorter; the tibize also are decidedly shorter, and
the unguiculi are bifid, the claw being divided on either side at the
apex into two strong, short hooks, not narrower and simple as in
Galleruca.

M. Cynicus, n. sp.

M. late ovalis, robustus, punctatus, pube flava vestitus, fusco-flavus ;
capite antice producto, inter oculos longitudinaliter foveolato ; thorace
transverso, margine basali subcirculari, antico excavato, lateribus ro-
tundatis, ad mediam basin longitudinaliter late foveolato ; scutello tri-
angulari; elytris latis; corpore subtus pedibusque nigro-fuscis; an-
tennis testaceis.

Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin. 23.

A species notable by its breadth of form, its uniform coloration of
fusco-flavous, and its complete covering of pale pubescence. It has

258 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

been received from Port Dennison by Mr. Baly, Mr. Bakewell, and
myself,
Genus Aporivum, Oliv.

1. A. dorsosignatum, n. sp.

A, ovale, lateribus sat rotundatis, impunctatum, nigrum, flavo notatum ;
capite fronte longitudinaliter foveolata, flavo; thorace transverso (late-
ribus arcuatis et submarginatis), nigro, lateribus margineque anteriore
flavis; scutello triangulari, nigro; elytris impunctatis, nigris, sutura,
marginibus et basi (latius) flavis; pedibus nigris (femoribus basalibus
flavis); corpore subtus nigro, prosterno medioque metasterno flavis ;
antennis fusco-nigris, articulis basalibus fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin. 23.

A species sent home frequently from Moreton Bay by Mr. Diggles.
I have also received it by the kindness of Miss Delpratt, residing in
the interior of Queensland.

2. A. Fryit, n. sp.

A, late ovale, leviter punctatum, flavo-stramineum, vittis 4 nigris, nitidum ;
capite inter oculos longitudinaliter foveolato, flavo; thorace breviter
transverso, lateribus subparallelis et marginatis, angulis anticis promi-
nulis, posticis rotundatis, in disco medio marginem versus anteriorem lata
et transversa fovea (quae, haud margines attinet apud terminum undique
profundior), disco obscure punctato, pallide flavo, transverse nigro adum-
brato ; scutello triangulari, flavo; elytris satis amplis, leviter sed con-
fertissime punctatis, testaceo-flavis, vittis undique duabus nigris basin
sed haud apicem attingentibus, et ad apicem inter se coéuntibus; vittis
rectis, parallelis, equalibus, marginibus vix definitis sed quasi suffusis ;
corpore subtus flavo, fusco adumbrato; pedibus flavis, tarsorum lateri-
bus exterioribus fuscis; antennis nigro-fuscis, art. 1mo et 240 flavis.

Long. corp. lin, 44, lat. lin, 2},

Although at first sight almost identical with A. seminigrum, yet
quite a distinct species: the markings of the head are different ; in
the thorax the peculiar transverse depression has no existence in the
latter species. I think I can trace a slight want of similarity in the
punctuation ; at all events the colouring of the two insects is in detail
different—flavous instead of rufous, and suffused instead of sharply
defined bands; the colouring also of the legs and underside is differ-
ent. My friend Mr. Alexander Fry of Kensington has, with many
other interesting species from his almost unrivalled collection, added
also this to my cabinet. He received the insect from Queensland.

3. A. seminigrum, Nn. sp.
A, late ovale, leviter punctatum, leete flavum, vittis 4 nigris; capite trans-
verse foveolato, flavo ; thorace parvo, lateribus /eviter rotundatis, lateri-
bus et margine anteriore marginatis, disco leviter punctato plano (un-

Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 259

dique ad medium obscure depresso), nigro, marginibus rufo-flavis; scu-

tello triangulari, levi, rufo; elytris sat latis, obscure punctatis, rufis,

vittis undique 2 nigris rectis parallelis juxta apicem junctis sed haud
apicem attingentibus ; corpore subtus fusco-flavo, mesosterni epipleuris
fuscis ; pedibus nigris, femoribus ad basin flavis ; antennis fusco-nigris,
art. 1-3tium fulyis.

Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin. 23.

I have no doubt of the stability of both the above species, semi-
nigrum and Fryw; nevertheless they are closely allied. It would be
very interesting if Mr. Diggles, or some other naturalist in Queens-
land, would kindly examine the question, and note so far as is possi-
ble the food plant of the species. Queensland is in a sufficiently
northern latitude to lead us to expect that several species of this
handsome group may be discovered there.

I have an example in my cabinet from the collection of the Marquis
La Ferté, labelled “ New Holland.’’*

4. A. letabile, n. sp.

A. late ovale, punctatum, ceeruleum, nitidum; capite inter oculos transverse
depresso, leete rufo; thorace lateribus rotundatis, marginatis, impunc-
tatis, disco medio undique leviter depresso, leete rufo; scutello triangulari,
leevi, rufo-fusco; elytris crebre et subtiliter punctatis, czeruleis, nitidis,
tenwter rufo marginatis (marginibus haud apicem attingentibus) ; cor-
pore subtus pedibusque rufis, abdomine nigro; antennis rufo-fuscis, art.
1-3tium rufis,

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin, 23.

So brief are the descriptions that have been published of exponents
of this genus by authors, that in the absence of typical specimens it is
doubtful whether any species has been previously recorded. Blanchard,
in the ‘ Voy. au Pole sud,’ has described a species, A. limbatum, from
New Guinea which is very nearly related to A. cinctum of Baly, de-
scribed in this Journal; it is probable that as there is a difference in
the breadth of the flavous margination of the elytra, other differences
may arise which will prove the two to be distinct ; at any rate the
species before us is abundantly different from A. cinctum. By the
kindness of my friend Mr. Baly I possess a type specimen of this
species: it is broader, more distinctly punctate, the flavous margin
extends to the apex, the last segment of the black abdomen is fus-
cous; the coloration also differs in hue from the species before us.

I possess two examples of this insect—one, from the La Ferté col-
lection, from the island Woodlark, the other, from Damel’s collection,
from New South Wales—showing that the species has, like some of
its congeners, an extensive range of habitat.

260 Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

Genus Rvpitia.

Genus novum generi Metalepte Balyi, et GalleruceF ab. et Redt., approxi-
mans. Corpus elongato-ovale. Caput proclive. Thorax quadratus vel
subquadratus, ad latera rotundatus ; scutellum transversum, subcirculare.
Elytra in $ robusta, subparallela; in 2 brevia, ad apicem dehiscentia,
abdomen haud tegentia. Pedes sat elongati, robusti; tarsts brevibus;
unguculis leviter infra appendiculatis.

Rupilia is one of the few genera in which the elytra of the 9 do
not cover the entire body; and in this respect it is nearly allied to
Metalepta, Baly (Journ. Entom. i. p. 205, pl. xi. fig. 9), which consists
of two species from Peru. The genus before us is less parallel in
form ; the sides of the thorax are not parallel, but rounded; and the
form of the elytra is different. Type of genus, Rupilia ruficollis.

1. KR. ruficolhs, n.sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 3 et b.)

Q tantum adest. £. ovalis, punctata, rufa; capite inter oculos transverse
punctato, ad basin nitido, rufo vel fusco-rufo; thorace quadrato, late-
ribus subtiliter rotundatis, antice et ad basin ad medium emarginato,
ad medium discum ineequaliter transverse undique depresso, fortiter et
crebre punctato, rufo; scutello transverso, subtiliter et sparsim punc-
tato, rufo; elytris brevibus, apicem versus valde dehiscentibus, fortiter et
crebre punctatis, nigro-czeruleis, nitidis; abdomine desuper fusco-rufo,
segmentis fusco adumbratis; corpore subtus rufo; pedibus nigris, femo-
ribus versus basin rufis; antennis nigris, articulis 1—4tum rufo-fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 4—54, lat. lin. 2-23.

The bright-blue elytra and red thorax and abdomen of this hand-
some species at once characterize it. Apparently not rare in New

South Wales.
In the cabinets of Mr. Baly, Mr. Bakewell, and Rey. H. Clark.

2. BR. viridi-wnea, n. sp.
3g. £&. ovalis, subparallela, fortiter punctata, nigro-eenea, nitida; capite
inter oculos transverse foveolato, punctato ; thorace transverso, rectan-
gulari, marginibus (antico et postico) parallelis rectis, lateribus ad me-
dium angulatis, et disco undique versus latera late oblique depresso,
crebre punctato, antice et postice tenuiter rufo-fusco; scutello trans-
verso, arcuato, punctato, rufo-fusco; elytris parallelis, brevibus (haud
ad apicem abdominis attingentibus), parum rotundatis, fortiter et crebre
punctatis, ad apicalem suturam dehiscentibus; corpore subtus, pedibus
antennisque nigris.
Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 2.
R. viridi-enea differs from ruficollis not only in colour, but in the
form of the thorax: the anterior and basal margins are not exca-
vated medially ; the sides, instead of being rounded, are bent into

Rey. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga. 261

an angle; and the discal depression on either side is oblique rather
than transverse.

T am indebted to my friend Mr. Bakewell, who so liberally places
his collections and his excellent library at the service of his brother
entomologists, for this interesting addition to my cabinet. Mr. Bake-
well received the species (I believe, from Dr. Howitt) from New South
Wales.

Fam. Halticide.
Genus ERratostHENES.

Genus Halticidarum novum, subfamiliz ili. Cesarum Mligeri, generi Cre-
pidodere affine, ovale vel elongato-ovale. Caput proclive, antice produc-
tum; antennis filiformibus, robustis. Zhorax latitudine elytra squat, late-
ribus caput versus penitus rotundatis, marginatis; sulco basali transverso,
undique abbreviato. -Elytra ovata, modice ad apicem attenuata, punctis
ornata. Pedes robusti ; femoribus posticis infra juxta apicem dente acuto
armatis ; dbws posticis longitudinaliter carinatis necnon curyatis.

Hardly any of the several interesting Australian forms of Halticidee
have yet been characterized ; the present differs from Arsipoda of
Erichson, not only by the articulation of its antenne, but also by the
basal transverse groove of the thorax, which would place it in a sepa-
rate subsection of Llliger ; Arsipoda presents no trace of a thoracic
groove: of the antenne of Hratosthenes the second joint is decidedly
shorter and smaller than that of Arstpoda; the elytra also are punc-
tate-striate, not entirely levigate.

E. flavus, n. sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 6 et f.)

E. ovalis, flavus vel rufo-flavus ; capite impunctato, rufo-fusco ; thorace
lato, lateribus subrotundatis et late marginatis, fovea transversa ad
basin minuta abbreviata, disco subtilissime punctato ; scutello minuto,
fusco; elytris ad apicem subacuminatis, maculis minutissimis (velut
punctis striate ordinatis) ornatis; pedibus robustis, rufo-flavis ; femo-
ribus posticis calcari undique subtus armatis ; corpore subtus rufo-fusco ;
antennis fuscis, ad basin rufis.

Long. corp. lin. 2}, lat. lin. 1.

Four examples were taken by Damel in New South Wales. In
the cabinets of Mr. Baly and the Rev. H. Clark.

Fepra, nov. gen. (Pl. XII. fig. 5.)

Robusta, parallela, nitida. Caput verticale et ad frontem fortiter angu-
latum vel etiam productum ; ocwli sat magni, rotundati, integri. Palpi
maaxillares graciles, art. ultimo attenuato. Antenne longissime, corporis
longitudine dupla majores; articulus basalis apicem versus incrassatus
est; 2dus brevis; ultimus elongatus, attenuatus, ad apicem ipsum bre-
viter inflectitur. Thorax latus, subrotundatus, ad latera marginatus.

262 Rev. H. Clark on new Australian Phytophaga.

Scutellum subcirculare. Elytra lata, robusta, sat parallela. Pedes un-

guiculs ad basin calcaratis.

Remarkable among the whole of the Halticidie for its peculiarly
shaped head and its enormous antenns, which exceed in length
twice the length of the body ; the head is vertical, with a somewhat
produced and compressed labrum, the crown is prominent, and (when
viewed sideways) is produced forward so as to form a ridge between
the eyes, at the apex of which are placed the antenne. There is in
the shape of the head a singular identity of form between the Fiji
insect, which is the exponent of the genus before us, and the South-
American form Lowoprosopus: in each the antennee are marvellously
developed, and we may suppose that by reason of these heavy, jointed
antennee the front of the head, from which they take their rise, should .
have special strength, and probably on this account assumes a par-
ticular and abnormal form: at all events in each of these genera, both
manifestly approaching the Longicornia in the length of the antenne,
1s found the peculiar-shaped head which is the common type of the
head of the Longicornia.

This, however, is the only special feature that is common to Lowo-
prosopus and Febra; the globular inflation of the posterior claw
of the former places it in quite another subsection of this enormous
group. In the genus before us the antenne are as remarkable for
their size as the body of the species before me is for its beauty. The
first joint is longer than the breadth of the head, is slightly curved
and, towards the apex, thickened; the second is very minute; the
third is decidedly longer than the fourth, which in length is equal
to the first; the apical joint (see magnified outline of it, Pl. XII.
fig. 5g) is curiously angulated near the tip. In the feet the under-
sides of the joints of the tarsi are thickly clothed with a dense pale
pubescence ; the claws, at their inner margin near their base, are not
simply appendiculated, but have a small, sharp, distinct spur.

The type of the genus is found in the Fiji Islands.

F. venusta, n. sp. (Pl. XII. fig. 5.)

F. oblongo-ovalis, parallela, punctato-striata, rufa, lete nitida; capite
' yufo-flavo, inter oculos longitudinaliter foveolato, impunctato; thorace
transverso, lateribus lente rotundatis marginatis, impunctato (ad basin
ipsam puncta rara dispertiuntur), rufo-flavo ; scutello levi, rufo; elytris
parallelis, sat convexis, punctato-striatis, punctis minutis (in striis 3tia et
4ta distantibus, flavis, post medium rufo-flavis vel purpureis); pedibus
anterioribus flavis, posticis femoribus purpureo-nigris tibiisque rufo-
flavis; antennis rufo-fuscis, ad basin rufo-nigris ; corpore subtus rufo.
Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

Mr. F. Smith on some new Species of Pompilide. 263

One of the most lovely of the Halticide. Taken by M. Damel in
the Fiji Islands. I received it, in his collection of Coleoptera, when
he was in England, and subsequently, by the kindness of my friend
Dr. Dohrn of Stettin, from some other collection made by the same
naturalist, the locality in the latter case also being Fiji Islands.

In the cabinets of Mr. Baly and the Rey. H. Clark.

XXI.—Deseriptions of new Species of Brazilian Pompilide. By
Freverick Surra, Assistant in the Zoological Department of the
British Museum.

TueRE is no family in the extensive tribe of Fossorial Hymeno-
ptera that contains species more elegant in their forms, or more
gorgeously adorned, than are to be found amongst the Pompilide.
These insects have an almost universal geographical range ; but it is
upon the Brazilian species that nature has lavished the most splendid
colouring, not unfrequently combined with the brilliant effulgence of
gold and silver adornment. Eleven species of the elegant genus
Agenia are described in the present paper: this section of the Pom-
pilide contains those species the tibize and tarsi of which are destitute
of the spines or serrations which are always found in the other more
truly fossorial genera of the family.

The habits of a few species of the genus Agenza have been observed,
none of them forming burrows of their own, but availing themselves
of some hole or ready-formed cavity adapted to the purposes of their
economy. The British species, Agenia punctum, selects a hole suffi-
ciently large to contain eight or ten mud cells, which the insect con-
structs, placing them one over the other, apparently without any
attempt at regularity of position. In all probability, none of the
species of the genus Agenia are fossorial in their habits; and conse-
quently they form an aberrant group amongst the Pompilide.

The species from Brazil which are here described are selected
from the more recent captures of Mr. H. W. Bates. None are of a
large size; but several vie in beauty with the largest and most
splendid of the tribe, some of which are full 24 inches in length,
whilst others do not exceed 2 lines. The colouring of the wings of
these insects is occasionally very beautiful, being blue, purple, violet,
green, yellow, or fiery red, with bands or spots of pure white, black,
gold, or silver.

The species from Mexico form an important addition to our know-
ledge of these insects, not more than six or eight having, to my
knowledge, been previously described from that country.

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264 Mr. F. Smith on some new Species

Fam. Pompilide.
Genus AGENTIA, Schiddte.

1. Agenia manifestata.
A. nigra, pilis argentatis ornata, alis fusco maculatis et fasciatis.

Female. Length 73 lines. Black; the face below the insertion of
the antenne with a thin silvery pile; the labrum, palpi, and the fourth,
fifth, and sixth joints of the flagellum within rufo-testaceous. Thorax:
the posterior margin of the prothorax arched; the sides, metathorax,
coxe, and the femora beneath with bright silvery pile; the anterior
tibize obscurely ferruginous within ; the calcaria ferruginous ; the meta-
thorax transversely striated towards the apex. The wings flavo-hyaline,
with a fuscous fascia crossing the superior pair at the apex of the ex-
terno-medial cell ; the apex fuscous beyond the stigma, gradually be-
coming paler to the apical margin ; a milk-white spot in the fourth sub-
marginal, a fuscous spot in the second discoidal cell, which unites with
the transverse fascia. Abdomen with a changeable silvery pile, which
is very bright in some positions; the sides slightly compressed.

Hab. Tunantius (River Amazon). In the National Collection.

2. Agenia nobilitata.

A. nigra, pilis aureo-sericeis variantibus ornata; alis flavis, venis ferrugineis.
Male. Length 6 lines. Black; the face, thorax, scutellum, meta-
thorax, and abdomen with a rich changeable golden pile; the coxee and
femora beneath with shining pile of a paler colour. The clypeus widely
and deeply emarginate, forming teeth at the angles of the emargination.
The wings flavo-hyaline; the nervures pale ferruginous. Abdomen
with a short petiole ; the golden pile on the abdomen very bright at the
sides and on the apical margins of the segments.

The female is from 9 to 10 lines long, is similarly adorned with
golden pile, but less brilliant, particularly the abdomen ; the sixth and
seventh joints of the antennz pale yellowish white.

Hab. Para (Brazil). In F. Smith’s Collection.

3. Agena sanguinolenta.
A, capite thoraceque antice sanguineis ; mesothorace subtus et metatho-
race nigris ; abdomine pedibusque cyaneis; alis hyalinis, fusco nebulosis.
Female. Length 5lines. The head, antenne, prothorax, and meso-
thorax above blood-red; the apical joints of the antenne slightly fuscous,
the sides of the thorax, the apex of the metathorax, and the coxze with
shining silvery pile; the anterior tibiz ferruginous within; the wings
hyaline, clouded with fuscous, with a slight fascia at the apex of the
externo-medial cell; the legs dark steel-blue ; the abdomen bright blue,
and with a short petiole at its base.
Hab. Villa Nova (River Amazon). In the National Collection.

of Brazilian Pompilide. 265

4. Agena femorata.

A, nigra, pubescens, facie argentate pubescente, alis hyalinis et iride-
scentibus, femoribus ferrugineis.

Male. WUength 4lines. Black; the face clothed with silvery pubes-
cence; the cheeks have a thin pubescence of the same colour; the
mandibles pale testaceous in the middle and ferruginous at the apex.
Thorax: the sides and the coxe with silvery pile and scattered cinere-
ous pubescence ; the femora ferruginous, with extreme base and apex
black; the calcaria pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline and iridescent,
the nervures black. Abdomen smooth and shining, and thinly covered
with cinereous pile; the apical margins of the segments narrowly
testaceous ; the basal segment forming a petiole.

Hab, Villa Nova (River Amazon). In the National Collection.

5. Agenia ruficeps.

A. capite, prothorace antennarumque basi rubris, thorace pedibusque nigris,
abdomine purpureo.

Female. Length 4 lines. The head and prothorax blood-red, the
scape and base of the flagellum red, the seventh to the tenth joints in-
clusive white, the apical joint fuscous; the thorax and legs black,
with the mesothorax above and the scutellum obscurely blue; the
thorax beneath, the coxe, and metathorax with a thin silky silvery
pile. Wings hyaline, with a brown fascia crossing the superior pair at
the apex of the externo-medial cell; a cloud also occupies the base of
the marginal cell, the second and third submarginal cell, and the apex
of the third discoidal cell. Abdomen with a short petiole, of an obscure
purple, and very smooth and shining.

Hab. Ega (Brazil). In the National Collection.

6. Agena volatilis.

A. nigra, antennis aurantiaco-flavis; alis hyalinis, pari primo fusco-

bifasciato. .
Female. Length 4 lines. Black, and covered with a changeable

silky cinereous pile, that on the coxee, metathorax, and clypeus having
a silvery lustre; the mandibles ferruginous at their apex ; the antenn
orange-yellow, the scape with a fuscous spot above. Thorax: the wings
hyaline, inclining to milky white at their apex, a brown fascia crosses
the superior pair at the apex of the externo-medial cell, and a cloud
occupies the second submarginal cell, the base of the marginal and
third submarginal, as well as the apex of the third discoidal cell, Abdo-
men subpetiolate, and very smooth and shining.

Hab. Kga (Brazil). In the National Collection,

7. Agenia abdominalis.
A. nigra, abdomine rubro; alis hyalinis, fasciis duabus angustis fuscis

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266 Mr. F. Smith on some new Species

Female. Length 6 lines. Black; the anterior margin of the clypeus
and the tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous; the six apical joints of the
antenne pale ferruginous; the clypeus and face below the antennz
with a thin silvery pile. Thorax: the prothorax beneath, the sides, the
metathorax, and scutellum with a changeable glittering silvery pile;
the cox also pilose. The wings hyaline, the nervures dark towards the
base and pale testaceous towards their apex; a narrow brown fascia
crosses the superior wings at the apex of the externo-medial cell, and
a second paler fascia crosses at the base of the marginal cell. Abdomen
subpetiolate, ferruginous, with the petiole black.

Hab. Ega (Brazil). In the National Collection.

8. Agenia polistifornus.
A. luteo-rufa, vertice, mesothorace et metathorace supra nigro-zeneis; alis
subhyalinis, margine antico primi paris fusco.

Female. Length 53 lines. Reddish clay-colour; the face covered
with a dense bright golden pile; the tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous,
the flagellum fuscous above, the vertex nigro-gneous. Thorax thinly
covered with changeable golden pile; the meso- and metathorax above
nigro-eneous ; wings subhyaline, with a fuscous stain traversing the
anterior margin of the superior pair; the apical joints of the tarsi
fuscous. Abdomen subpetiolate.

The male is smaller and more slender, but similarly coloured to the
female.

Hab. Ega (Brazil). In the National Collection.

9. Agenia annulata.
A. nigra, clypeo, margine prothoracis postica coxisque albis; pedibus
abdomineque albo annulatis; alis hyalinis, macula fusca notatis.

Male. Length 3? lines. Black, with a thin silky cinereous pile; the
sides of the thorax silvery ; the clypeus, mandibles, palpi, and the scape
in front white; tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous. The posterior
margin of the prothorax, the coxre, anterior tibize in front, and the
basal joints of the anterior tarsi white; the intermediate and posterior
tibie annulated with white, the intermediate pair have also a white
hue behind at their apex; all the calcaria white; wings hyaline, with
a fuscous cloud occupying the marginal and the second and third sub-
marginal cells. The abdomen with a white ring at the base of the
second segment; the apical segment white.

Hab. St. Paul (Brazil). In the National Collection.

10. Agenia viridis.
A. lete viridis, antennis, tibiis tarsisque fuscis; femoribus ferrugineis.
Female. Length 4 lines. Bright green, the clypeus covered with
silvery pubescence ; the scape with a yellow spot in front; the flagellum
fuscous, with the basal joints fulvous beneath, Thorax: the scutellum

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golden green, the femora and the anterior tibia ferruginous, the coxes
green, the tibiz and tarsi fuscous; the wings hyaline, the nervures
black. The abdomen with a short petiole.
In some examples the colour inclines to blue-green, the abdomen
being nearly black.
fab. St. Paul (Brazil). In the National Collection.

11. Agena aulica.

A. viridis, clypeo, pedibus abdominisque basi pallide ferrugineis; fronte
aureo-sericata,

Female. Length 43 lines. Bright green, and covered with a pale
downy pile; the clypeus, mandibles, palpi, and scape of the antennz
pale ferruginous; the face covered with golden pile. Thorax: the
prothorax and legs pale ferruginous; the thorax in different lights has
a golden lustre; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures testa-
ceous ; the apical joints of the tarsi fuscous. The abdomen with a
short petiole; the basal segment and the apical margins of the following
segments pale ferruginous.

fab, St. Paul (Brazil). In the National Collection.

Genus Pompitus, Fabr.

1. Pompilus imitator.
P. niger, facie, metathorace et coxis pilis argentatis ornatis; alis nigro-
fuscis, marginibus apicalibus pallidis ; tibiis tarsisque fusco-ferrugineis.
Female. Length 53 lies. Black; the face with a thin silvery
pile; the clypeus emarginate, and covered with a changeable silky
brown pubescence; the mandibles, at their apex, and the antenne
beneath, ferruginous. Thorax: the posterior margin of the prothorax
curved; the metathorax, postscutellum, and cox adorned with bright
silvery pile; the legs fusco-ferruginous and strongly spinose; the
wings dark brown, with the apical and posterior margins pale. Abdo-
men covered with a fine silky bloom, somewhat plum-coloured.
Hab. Eiga (River Amazon). In the National Collection.

This insect bears a strong resemblance to some species of wasps
belonging to the genus Chariergus.

2. Pompilus fragilis.
P. niger, gracilis, pedibus elongatis; alis hyalinis et iridescentibus, anticis
fascia pallida ornatis.

Male. Length 3} lines. Black, and covered with a changeable thin
silvery pile very bright on the face, coxee, and sides of the metathorax
in certain positions ; the apical half of the mandibles and the palpi pale
rufo-testaceous ; the wings hyaline, iridescent, and having a faint
fuscous fascia crossing the superior pair at the marginal cell; the ante-
rior tibiz and the basal joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceons; all the

268 Mr. F. Smith on some new Species

calcaria white and elongate. Abdomen petiolate; the basal margin of
the second, and the apical segment entirely white ; a narrow fascia of
silvery-white pubescence at the basal margin of the third segment; the
sixth segment deeply emarginate beneath. _

Hab. Ega (River Amazon), In the National Collection.

3. Pompilus ichneumoniformis.
P. capite thoraceque nigris; pedibus abdomineque rubris; thorace albo-
punctato; antennarum articulis 5-8v4™ albis.

Female. Length 7 lines. Head and thorax black; the clypeus,
mandibles, palpi, and orbits of the eyes yellowish white, tips of the
mandibles rufo-piceous ; the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth joints of
the flagellum white. Thorax: an interrupted line on the posterior
margin of the prothorax, a spot on the mesothorax, scutellum, post-
scutellum, and middle of the metathorax white; at the sides of the
thorax are four large white maculz ; the coxze beneath pale testaceous ;
the legs ferruginous, the tarsi palest; the wings hyaline, the superior
pair fuscous at the tip. Abdomen ferruginous.

Hab. Villa Nova (Brazil). In the National Collection.

Genus Prrocnemis, Schiddte.

Priocnenis opulenta.

P. nigra, argentato lete pubescens; alis anticis nigro-fuscis, apice pallidis.
Female. Wength 4lines. Black; the face and cheeks adorned with
bright silvery pile; the thorax, excepting the disk of the mesothorax,
with brilliant silvery pile; the intermediate and posterior tibie strongly
serrated outside; the anterior wings dark fuscous, with their apical
margins pale, the posterior pair hyaline. The abdomen with silvery
pile, which is most dense at the sides and apex.
Hab, Ega (River Amazon). In F, Smith's Collection.

Genus Norocypxrus, Smith.

Notocyphus vindex.

N. niger, lateribus secundi et tertii segmentorum abdominis albo uni-
maculatis, segmento apicali albo.

Female. Length 7 lines. Black, with a thin changeable cinereous
pile; the clypeus white, with a central square black spot; the palpi
pale testaceous. Thorax: the wings dark fuscous, the posterior pair
hyaline at their base, and slightly fuscous at their apex; the meta-
thorax truncate. Abdomen: the second and third segments with a
subovate macula, on each side, of a yellowish-white colour; a similar
macula on the apical segment above.

Hab, St. Paul (Brazil). In the National Collection.

of Brazilian Pompilide. 269
Genus Crropatss, Latr.

1. Ceropales agilis.

C. niger, capitis lateribus, prothoracis margine postico maculaque scu-
telli, postscutelli et angulorum lateralium metathoracis albis; pedibus
abdomineque ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis.

Female. Length 33 lines. Black; the inner orbits of the eyes, the sides of
the clypeus broadly, and the outer orbits of the eyes narrowly, white; a
line on the scape in front, and the basal joint of the flagellum in front,
white; the head punctured before the ocelli, being smooth and shining
behind. Thorax: the posterior margin of the prothorax, the tubercles,
a spot on the scutellum, postscutellum, and posterior lateral angles of
the metathorax white; the mesothorax with scattered punctures, its
anterior margin with a series of very short fine strie ; the sides of the
metathorax with silvery pile; the legs ferruginous, the posterior pair
elongate, the coxe black ; the apical joints of the intermediate and poste-
rior tarsi fuscous; the wings hyaline, the nervures black. Abdomen
ferruginous, with the base fuscous above.

Hab. Mexico. In the National Collection.

2. Ceropales luctuosus.

C. niger, labro, clypeo, palpis orbitaque interna oculorum scapoque antice
albis; thorace punctato, metathorace argentato-sericato; coxis femori-
busque anticis subtus, tarsis anticis et intermediis, tibiarum apicibus
albis ; pedibus posticjis elongatis ; abdomine nitido, lateribus albo macu-
latis.

Male. Length 3% lines. Jet-black, the abdomen shining; the labrum,
clypeus, palpi, face below the insertion of the antenne, the inner orbits
of the eyes, the scape and basal joint of the flagellum in front white.
The thorax finely punctured above with large, deep, distant punctures ;
a minute spot on each side at the extremity of the posterior margin of
the prothorax and a spot on the postscutellum white; the scutellum
elevated; the metathorax clothed above with a silky silvery pubes-
cence; the coxee, anterior trochanters, and femora beneath white; the
anterior and intermediate tarsi, the anterior tibize in front, and the
intermediate pair at their base, and apex in front white, the claw-joint
of the tarsi black; the posterior legs elongate ; the wings hyaline, their
extreme apex fuscous, the nervures black. The abdomen with a row
of oblong spots at the sides, and a double row beneath, white.

Hab. Ega (Brazil). In the National Collection.

3. Ceropales crassicornis.

C. ferrugineus, capite nigro; labro, clypeo scapoque antice albis; abdo-
minis apice, tibiis posticis, tarsis femorumque apice nigris; alis hyalinis,
fusco maculatis.

Male. Length 4 lines. Ferruginous; the head black; the clypeus,

270 Mr. F. P. Pascoe—Additions to the

labrum, mandibles, palpi, and scape in front yellowish white, slightly
reddish above the insertion of the antenne; the latter fuscous above,
darkest towards their apex, and incrassate in the middle. The cox
beneath paler than the thorax; the posterior legs elongate, their tibie,
tarsi, and base of the femora black; the wings hyaline, the nervures
fusco-ferruginous, a fuscous cloud occupies the third submarginal cell
and apical half of the marginal one. Abdomen: the apical margin of
the second segment in the middle, the third and three following seg-
ments dark fuscous, nearly black ; the apical segment white.
Hab. Ega (Brazil). In the National Collection.

XXII.— Additions to the Longicornia of South Africa, including a
few Species from Old Calabar and Madagascar. By Francts P,
Pascor, F.L.S., &e.

{Puare XIII]

THE most interesting additions to the catalogue of South African
Longicornia described in the following pages belong to groups which
have not yet been recognized as belonging to the fauna of that region.
One of these (Hyllisia) is nearly allied to the Agapanthie of the
north; another (Otterssa) is an exponent of the restricted subfamily
Lepturine, but having very little connexion with the Madagascar
Mastododere. Of the third (Psebium) I can only come to the con-
clusion that it is related to certain anomalous genera hitherto entirely
confined to Australia.

The species described from Old Calabar include two very interesting
Dorcadion-forms, while from Madagascar we have received from Mr.
Plant (from whom so much was expected) but one novelty, consti-
tuting a curious genus belonging to the Apomecynine.

NonyMa.

Caput antice subtransversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, divergentibus.
Oculi mediocres, late emarginati. Antenne corpore longiores, basi di-
stantes, scapo modice elongato, cylindrico, articulo tertio equali, ceteris
brevioribus. Prothorax oblongus, regularis, lateraliter dentatus. Elytra
regularia, angustata, ad latera leviter rotundata, humeris haud promi-
nentibus. Pedes mediocres; femora haud clavata; tébie intermediz
emarginatee ; ta’sorwm articulo basali modice elongato. —_Pro- et meso-
sterna simplicia.

An obseure species both in form and colour is the exponent of this
genus. In general appearance it has considerable resemblance to
Aischopalea, lately described by me in the ‘ Longicornia Malayana,’

Longicornia of South Africa, &e. 271

differing, however, in the diverging antennary tubers, and conse-
quently the remoteness of the antennz at their insertion.

Nonyma egregia.

N. fusca, pube grisea tenuiter vestita.

Hab. Natal.

Brown, with a thin greyish pubescence ; head very convex between
the tubers ; prothorax with large scattered shallow punctures; the lateral
tooth small, rather behind the middle; scutellum rounded behind,
covered with a very dense whitish pile; elytra punctate-striate, the in-
terstices rather more elevated posteriorly, the third especially, uniting
with the fifth, being the most prominent, the apex of each elytron
rounded ; body beneath and legs chestnut-brown, with a very sparse
grey pile; antenne not quite half as long again as the body. Length
34 lines.

BrasMiA.

Caput antice latum, subtransversum. Oculi parvi, modice emarginati.
Antenne breves, 11-articulate, setosze, basi distantes, tuberibus anten-
niferis obsoletis, scapo ovato, articulo secundo elongato, tertio longiore,
quarto breviore, czteris brevibus et subsequalibus, quinto et sexto
plumosis. Palpi acuti. Prothorax convexus, arcuatus, postice an-
gustior, lateribus abrupte dentatus. lytra regularia, brevia, apice
integra. Pedes breves; femora clavata; tars? lati, articulo ultimo
brevi. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia, remota. Abdominis segmenta
eradatim breviora. Corpus modice robustum, setosum.

In the first part of my ‘ Longicornia Malayana,’ recently published,

I have pointed out the tendency of certain genera of the “ Exocen-
trine ” toa peculiar arching of the prothorax, forming with the head
a complete curve. I may here cite Cyrtinus of Leconte as one of
the best-known amongst them. This arching varies in extent; in
this new genus it 1s very decided, although less so than in one or
two others. None of these genera have the antenne plumed; and
in this respect Biasmia may be distinguished from them ; the tuft or
plume is not, however, uncommon in this subfamily. Moreover the
elytra of Biasmia are perfectly regular, have neither spines nor any
tendency to a concavity in their centre together with the correspond-
ing conyexity behind, but, on the contrary, are rather depressed than
otherwise. The single species of the genus is a somewhat robust form
for this group.

Biasmia quttata.

B. castanea, nitida ; elytris maculis pilosis albis adspersis.
Hab. Natal.

Shining chestnut-brown, darker at the sides, with black sparse sete ;

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head thinly pubescent; eyes and mandibles black ; prothorax remotely
punctured, lateral spine very small, placed behind the middle; scu-
tellum rounded posteriorly; elytra with large, distant punctures, and a
few small scattered tufts of white hairs; body beneath dark chestnut;
legs reddish chestnut, the tarsi paler ; antenne as long as the body, the
third, fourth, and fifth joints with white hairs at the base, the fifth and
sixth joints surrounded with closely set black setze, forming an elongated
tuft. Length 3} lines.

IssE.

Caput antice subtransversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis. Ocul: medio-
cres. Antenne corpore longiores, setosz, basi distantes, scapo modice
elongato, subcylindrico, articulis tertio quartoque eequalibus, ceteris
gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax zequalis, lateraliter rotundatus,
medio vix dentatus. Elytra prothorace multo latiora, convexa, basi
cristata, disco inzequali. Pedes mediocres; femora clavata ; tibie sub-
elongatze ; tars? breves, lati. Corpus setosum.

A member of the subfamily “« Exocentrine,” but not very nearly
allied to any genus known to me. Like most of the genera of its
group, the anterior and intermediate coxe are large and prominent,
the pro- and meso-sterna simple, and the second joint of the antennse
unusually long for a Longicorn.

fsse punctata.
I. picea, pube grisea vestita ; elytris singulis postice piloso-cristatis.
Hab. Natal.

Pitchy, covered with a coarse grey pubescence; head concave be-
tween the tubers, and without an impressed line; prothorax nearly
equal in length and breadth, the sides rounded, but forming at the
middle a short tooth-like angle, the disk with a few large punctures ;
scutellum triangular; elytra coarsely punctured, as if spotted, a short
but prominent crest atthe base, and another posteriorly, the latter covered
with a dense bunch of erect hairs; body beneath pitchy brown, with a
scant grey pubescence ; legs grey, varied with brown; antenne about
a third longer than the body, pale greyish, the apices of the joints, ex-
cept the first and second, dark brown. Length 3-4 lines.

Hecyra frontalis.

Hi. brevis, rugosa, fusca, sparse griseo pubescens; fronte bituberculata ;

, .o) , ? 3 b

prothoracis lateribus dense albido tomentosis ; elytris basi duplicato-

cristatis.

Hab. Damara-land.

Short and broad, rugose, dark brown, with a thin greyish pubescence ;

¥ 5 +) ? Ord ,

head with two prominent tubercles on the crown; prothorax transverse

P ; ,

with two small prominences on its anterior margin, the posterior lateral

tuber elongate-triangular, the sides, including the tubers, covered with

Longicornia of South Africa, Se. 273

a very dense whitish tomentum ; scutellum bluntly triangular ; elytra
very irregular, elevated at the base, and crested with a short double tuft
of dark brown hairs, behind the middle an obliquely raised waved line,
the sides with deeply impressed punctures ; legs varied with greyish-
brown hairs ; sterna and lower surface of the femora clothed with long
silvery hairs; abdomen with rusty grey hairs, a row of polished black
spots down the middle. Length 7 lines.

Hecyra, Thoms.,is perhaps better known under its catalogue-name
of Omopsides.

(iax.

Caput antice quadratum, tuberibus antenniferis divergentibus. Ocudli
parvi, reniformes. Antenne corpore parum longiores, basi distantes,
scapo cylindrico, apice cicatricoso, articulis tertio quartoque «qualibus,
ceteris gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax quadratus, disco tubercu-
lato, postice constrictus, ad latera obtuse angulatus. Elytra subtrigo-
nata, irregularia, basi cristata. Pedes mediocres; femora clavata; tiie
antic recte ; tarsi breves, articulo basali intermediorum et posticorum
elongato-triangulari. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia.

This genus is founded on the Acmocera triangularis, Wh. It is,
however, more nearly allied to Lasiopezus and Ancylonotus among
the Lamiine, but much smaller, not being above six lines in length,
pure snowy white, the prothorax and base of the elytra clouded with
pale brown, a dark brown or black patch at the sides, the antenne
and legs ringed with black and white. The type is

Gax triangularis. (Pl. XIII. fig. 5.)
Acmocera triangularis, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 400.

Ipactvs.

Caput antice quadratum, tuberibus antenniferis divergentibus. Ocul
parvi, reniformes. Antenne corpore vix longiores, scapo obconico, apice
vix cicatricoso, articulo tertio scapo parum longiore, ceteris brevioribus
et gradatim decrescentibus, articulo ultimo brevi, haud hamato. Pro-
thorax quadratus, antice et postice constrictus, disco tuberculatus, ad
latera fortiter angulatus vel dentatus. lytra irregularia, basi cristata.
Pedes mediocres ; femora incrassata ; tibie antic breves, recte ; tarsi
postici tibiis eequales. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia. '

In the British Museum an individual of the species on which this
genus is founded stands under, or over, the manuscript name of
Acmocera tridens, Chevr. Its characters, however, particularly the
absence of the terminal hook of the antenne, and the shortness of
the prothorax, the mandibles when in repose lying in close proximity
to the anterior coxe, and not, owing to its greater length, being

274 Mr. F. P. Pascoe-—Additions to the

distant from them as in Acmocera, point rather to the Lamiine sub-
family, and particularly to the neighbourhood of the last genus. I
have retained M. Chevrolat’s specific name, which seems to have been
suggested by the three teeth of the prothorax—the central and two
lateral.
Idactus tridens.

I. griseo-brunneus, colore dilutiore varius ; antennis maculatis, scapo fusco.
Hab, Natal.

Covered with a greyish-brown pubescence, varied, principally on the
middle of the elytra, with paler; head with an impressed line extending
to the epistome; prothorax with a strong triangular tooth in the centre
of the disk, two small tubercles in front of it, the lateral tooth occupy-
ing the middle third or rather more; scutellum transverse, rounded
behind ; elytra irregular, slightly narrowing from the shoulders, each
with the apex rounded, and having at the base an elevated compressed
crest crowned with close-set brown hairs, and another posteriorly, of
the same kind, but smaller; body beneath and legs with a grey pile;
antennee brown, ringed at the bases of the joints with paler, the scape
dark brown. Length 5 lines.

EMPHREUS.

Caput antice quadratum, tuberibus antenniferis basi approximatis. Ocul
parvi, late emarginati. Antenne breves; scapo foveato, claviformi,
articulo tertio quarto breviore, czeteris multo brevioribus. Prothorax
transversus, irregularis, postice constrictus, ad latera spina media ob-
tusa. Elytra subtrigonata, irregularia, basi cristata. Pedes validi,.
eequales; femora sublinearia; tébie antice recte, intermediz emargi-
natee ; tarsorum omnium articulo basali breviter triangulari. Pro- et
meso-sterna simplicia.

Mr. White referred the only known species of this genus to Aemo-
cera (Dej.). It belongs, however, to something very different to the
one described by M. James Thomson under that name, and is in fact
closely related to Phryneta, from which it is distinguished by its
simple sterna and other characters. It is from Natal. The type is

Emphreus ferruginosus.
Acmocera ferruginosa, White, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, pl. 3. fig. 8.

CHREOSTES.
Characteres ut in Phryneta, sed oculi parvi, laterales.
Phryneta has, with few exceptions, the largest eyes to be found
among the Lamiide ; but in this genus they are small, even in com-
parison with the ordinary forms of the family, and are entirely con-

Longicornia of South Africa, &c. 275

fined to the sides, not advancing and almost approximating in front.
Phryneta cinereola, White, is another species having also small lateral
eyes, but with short narrow tarsi—that is, so far as the three basal
joints are concerned, the claw-joint being in proportion unusually
large*. Itis also a weaker form, although, such is the instability
of the characters of the Longicornia, that it is excelled in this respect
by Phryneta ceca, Chevr., and another species described below (P.
suturalis), which do not seem to offer any valid generic characters
beyond this to warrant their separation.

Chreostes ephippiatus.

C. obscure fuscus, fulvo variegatus ; elytris mediis plaga magna cruciformi,
et ad latera maculis magnis duabus, fulvis ; corpore infra omnino fulvo.
Hab. Natal.

Covered with a short, close, dull brown pubescence, varied with
greyish yellow; head impunctate, entirely covered, as well as the
whole under surface and legs, with a greyish-yellow pubescence; eyes
black; mandibles and lip dark brown; prothorax dark brown in the
centre, yellowish at the sides, two tubercles on the disk anteriorly, and
between them an elevated line terminating behind in two smaller
tubercles; the lateral spines very stout and obtuse ; scutellum rounded
at the sides; elytra irregularly punctured, the punctures everywhere
yellowish, a large X-shaped yellowish patch in the middle, and on
each side posteriorly two irregular patches of the same colour; rest of
the elytra brown, of varying shades ; antennz shorter than the body,
finely pubescent, yellowish. Length 15 lines.

Haeusata.

Caput antice subtransversum, convexum, supra episternum transverse
sulcatum, tuberibus antenniferis divergentibus. Ocudi magni, fronte
subapproximati. Antenne corpore longiores, basi distantes, scapo
apicem versus incrassato, cicatricoso, articulo tertio longiore, ceteris
(ultimo excepto) brevioribus, gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax trans-

+ versus, postice sulcatus, lateraliter spinosus. E/ytra oblonga, parallela,
humeris subprominentibus. Pedes mediocres; femora modice incras-
sata; tarsi antici breves, postici longiores. Prosternum muticum ;
mesosternum dentatum.

This genus differs in no respect essentially from Anoplosthaeta, ex-
cept in the transverse sulcation above the epistome and its toothed
prosternum. It has, however, somewhat larger eyes, more oblong
elytra, and longer posterior tarsi; but the beautiful coloration of the
latter gives it quite a different appearance. The specimen described
below was taken at Sierra Leone by the late Mr. James Foxcroft (to

* In my collection, I have called this form Praomera.

276 Mr, F. P. Pascoe—Additions to the

whose memory I dedicate it), well known for many years to British
collectors, and whose love for entomology took him to that deadly
region, where he survived but a few months.

Hagesata Foweroftir.
HT, fusca, pube subtili brunnea tecta; elytris singulis macula nigra ante
medium.
Hab. Sierra Leone.

Dark brown, covered with a short, thin, yellowish-brown pile; head
with an impressed line on the vertex; between the antennary tubers a
raised line continued to the transverse groove above the epistome; pro-
thorax slightly irregular, the lateral spine short and thick; scutellum
small, rounded at the sides; elytra finely punctured, a few black gra-
nules at the shoulders, the apex entire, a small round black spot a little
before the middle on each ; body beneath and legs with a thin yellowish
pile; antennze about a quarter longer than the body. Length 14 lines.

IMALMvs.

Caput magnum, antice concavum, subtransversum, inter oculos linea
transyersa, vertice elevato, tuberibus antenniferis divergentibus, basi
distantibus. Oculi parvi, late emarginati. Mandibule robustee. An-
tenne mediocres, scapo attenuato, apice cicatricoso, articulo tertio lon-
giore, czeteris brevioribus et decrescentibus. Prothorax transversus,
postice sulcatus, ad latera spinosus. /ytra ampla, subparallela, apice
rotundata, humeris productis. Pedes subbreves; femora incrassata ;
tarst breves, articulis tribus basalibus transversis. Prosternum muticum ;
mesosternum tuberculatum.

This genus differs from the last in its small eyes not approximating
in front, large mandibles, shorter antenne, and massy figure, although
in these respects the second species is less strongly marked, and has
proportionally slenderer antennee.

Imalmus capito.

I. castaneus, pube subtili grisea pallide brunnea irrorata; antennis robustis.
Hab. Old Calabar. af
Reddish chestnut, covered with a short thin greyish pile spotted with
ferruginous brown; head thinly pubescent; mandibles dark brown;
epistome and palpi chestnut; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long,
the lateral spine prominent, rather behind the middle; elytra short, the
shoulders granulated, the brownish spots concentrated on the sides pos-
teriorly; body beneath and legs pitchy, covered with a short ferruginous

pile ; antennz about as long as the body. Length 12 lines.

Tmnalmus fatidicus.

I, fuscus, pube subtili grisea vestitus; antennis tenuioribus,
Hab, Old Calabar.

Longicornia of South Africa, &e. 277

Dark brown, slightly shining, covered with a very short, thin, greyish
pile; head with a line of greyish hairs on each side of the face; man-
dibles with the lower half and palpi glossy black; prothorax consider-
ably broader than long, the lateral tooth short; scutellum rounded
behind ; elytra coarsely and irregularly punctured, the punctures smaller
towards the suture, and their edges mostly free from pubescence, so as
to give the elytra, although obscurely, a somewhat marbled appearance ;
body beneath and legs glossy brown, with a greyish-ferruginous pile ;
antennz rather longer than the body, more attenuated than in the first
species. Length 9 lines.

Phryneta suturalis.
P. subangusta, nigra, maculis albis pubescentibus ornata, una precipue
supra suturam sita; corpore infra albo, nigro maculato.
Hab. Old Calabar.

Rather narrow for this genus, but not more so than P. c@ca, Chev.;
deep black, glabrous, with dense spots or patches of white pile; these
occur on the vertex, behind the eye, a stripe on each side of the pro-
thorax and several small spots on the sides of the elytra, but principally
in a long patch which extends from the scutellum to near the apex ;
body beneath white, with various spots of black on the breast and
abdomen, each of the segments of the latter, except the last, has six;
legs and antenne (the fifth to the seventh joints principally) with
indistinct patches of white. Length 9 lines.

ORLETHUS.

Caput latum, antice subtransversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, basi
approximatis. Oculi parvi, late et profunde emarginati. Antenne maris
longissime, foeminze corpore haud duplo longiores, sublineares, scapo

- incrassato, vix elongato, apice cicatricoso, articulo tertio longiore, czeteris
brevioribus, ultimo parum crassiore. Prothorax quadratus, lateraliter
spinosus. Llytra brevia, subovata, irregularia, spinoso-cristata, postice
declivia, apice integra, humeris (spinis exceptis) nullis. Pedes mediocres.
Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia.

On the whole I think this genus approaches more nearly in
figure and outline to Phrissoma umbrinum, White, than to any other
Dorcadion-form known to me. The great length of the antennz in
both sexes, their linear outline, and the general character of the
prothorax and elytra will be quite sufficient to distinguish it.

Oricethus longicornis. (Pl. XIII. fig. 1.)

O. niger, fuscescente pubescens ; elytris basi et post medium fuscis, parte
intermedia griseis.
Hab. Natal.

Black, covered with a light brownish pile, the middle of the elytra

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and shoulders greyish, the base and band behind the middle dark brown;
head and prothorax with a close, rough, tawny-brown pile, irregularly
punctured, the latter with a small glabrous oblong mark on its disk;
elytra scarcely twice as long as the head and prothorax together, some-
what ovate, gradually broader from the shoulder to beyond the middle,
when they suddenly slope from all sides to the apex; on the disk of
each elytron two rows of large spinous tubercles, and at the side two
lesser rows, the apex slightly divaricate ; body beneath, legs, and scape
with a close umber-brown pile, with scattered short white hairs; an-
tennze brownish, the bases of the joints paler. Length 6 lines.

OPSIES.

Caput antice oblongo-quadratum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis basi
approximatis. Oculi parvi, reniformes. Labrum brevissimum. Antenne
corpori vix sequales, subattenuatee, scapo elongato-subcylindrico, squa-
mulis vestito, articulo tertio multo breviore, quarto tertio fere squali,
ceteris brevioribus et snbequalibus. Prothorax capite latior, oblongus,
lateribus rotundatus, dente obtuso post medium sito, disco inzequali.
Elytra ovata, tuberculata, humeris nullis. Prosternum angustum, de-
pressum; mesosternum declive. Acetabula antica, anguste angulata.
Abdomen breviter triangulare. Pedes subelongati; femora vix clavata ;
tibie elongate ; tarsorwm articulo ultimo mediocri.

M. Cheyrolat has published a near ally of this genus under the
name of Parmena bufo, but which differs in its slender antenne
with a short subpyriform scape, and the third and fourth joints so
long as to equal the seven following together*. The species de-
scribed below has a close superficial resemblance to it, but may be
at once known from all the other genera of the Dorcadioninet by
its scape, which nearly equals in length the third and fourth joints
together.

* This genus may be named and characterized as follows :—

APOMEMPSIS.

Caput antice quadratum, tuberibus antenniferis approximatis. Ocwli fere divisi.
Antenne corpore breviores, scapo breviusculo, subpyriformi, articulis tertio
quartoque longissimis, cxteris brevibus et subaqualibus. Pa/porwin articulo
ultimo precedente non longiore. Prothorax rugosus, oblongus, antice angus-
tior, lateribus dentatus. Hlytra tuberculata, ovata, medio elevata, postice
declivia, angulis anticis obsoletis. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia. Acetabula
antica angulata. ars omnes xquales.

Type, Parmena bufo, Chevrolat.

+ Another genus of this group has been lately characterized by M. James
Thomson (Essai, &c. p. 23) under the name of Leprosoma, which I propose to
change to Lepromoris, the former name having been previously used for a genus
of Hemiptera. The type is Z. gibva, Brullé (Lamia).

Longicornia of South Africa, Se. 279
Opsies capra. (Pl. XIII. fig. 3.)

O. obscure fuscus, punctatus.
Hab. Natal.

Dark brown, everywhere covered with minute scales, the upper sur-
face with large remote punctures; head not broader than the prothorax
at its insertion; mandibles pitchy black; prothorax oblong-ovate, with
two spreading tubercles on the disk; scutellum transverse, rounded
posteriorly ; elytra ovate, not much longer than the prothorax and head
together, the apex slightly produced and rounded, with a sutural row
of three tubercles and an outer of five on each elytron; legs, especially
the tibiz, elongate, the posterior femora extending to nearly the apex
of the elytra; body beneath dull brown; the three intermediate ab-
dominal segments very short; antennze scarcely so long as the body.
Length 6 lines,

Phantasis heros. (Pl. XIII. fig. 7.)

P. nigra, nitida; prothorace medio abrupte tuberculato, tuberculo bilobato
cum lobis postice divaricatis; elytris obovatis; antennis tibiisque gri-
seo pubescentibus.

Hab. Natal.

Black, glabrous, shining; head coarsely punctured, the antennary
tubers not toothed at the base in front; palpi ovato-triangular, obtuse ;
prothorax strongly spined on the side, very irregular, with a large
elevated tubercle rising abruptly from the middle of the disk, the
tubercle rounded anteriorly, spreading out in two divaricate lobes be-
hind; scutellum small, slightly emarginate posteriorly ; elytra convex,
obovate, broader behind, with three rows of large tubercles, and a
sutural row of smaller tubercles on each; abdomen beneath black and
shining, with a fringe of buffish hairs at the sides of each segment;

_ pectus, coxee, base of the femora, and tibize covered with a greyish pile,
the latter with a yellowish tinge ; antennze shorter than the body, with
a dull greyish pubescence. Length 15 lines.

Nearly as large as P. gigantea, Guér., but more convex, and the
elytra without the smaller interserial tubercles, in which respect
and in its glossy glabrous derm it differs from all the other described
species (four) known to me. Phantasis, Thom., differs from Phris-
soma, Lap., principally in the total absence of humeral angles.

ELITHIOTES.

Caput antice transversum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis nullis. Ocwli
grosse granulati, mediocres, anguste emarginati. Antenne corpore
breviores, pilosi, basi distantes, scapo modice elongato, subcylindrico,
articulo tertio et sequentibus gradatim brevioribus. Prothorax trans-
versus, capite non latior, lateribus fere parallelis. Elytra elongata,
apice integra. Pedes breves; tibie intermedie fere integra ; tarsorum
articulo basali duobus sequentibus conjunctis equali, Prosternum

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depressum. Mesosternum antice declivum. Corpus subcylindricum,
pilosum.

In colour and general appearance this genus resembles Phaula,
Thom.; but the form of the head, the antenne, and the presence of
setaceous hairs on every part except the eyes, will at once amply
distinguish it.

Elithiotes hirsuta.

E. fulva, pube pallidiore tecta.
Hab. Natal.

Derm fulvous, shining, rather closely covered with a longish pubes-
cence much paler than the derm, or approaching to greyish, with long,
semierect hairs dispersed on every part, but more crowded on the
antenn ; head and prothorax with numerous very coarse punctures ;
elytra with the punctures more scattered and very shallow; posterior
legs not nearly reaching to the end of the elytra; antenne above three-
quarters as long as the body. Length 6 lines.

HYAGnis.

Caput antice subtransversum, infra verticem concavum, tuberibus anten-
niferis elongatis, suberectis. Oculi parvi. Antenne attenuatie, corpore
vix longiores, scapo brevi, cylindrico, articulo tertio duplo longiore,
ceteris brevioribus, descrescentibus. Prothorax oblongus, cylindricus.
Elytra elongata, apice integra. Pedes breves; tibie intermedieze leviter
emarginate ; tarsorum articulo basali duobus sequentibus conjunctis
breviore. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia. Corpus angustum, haud
pilosum.

The unusual length of the antennary tubers is the most remarkable
point connected with this genus, which, in habit, bears some resem-
blance to certain narrow species of Rhopica. Like the former (Zl-
thiotes), it belongs to the Apomecynine.

Hyagnis fistularius.
H. griseo-pubescens; elytris singulis post medium plaga magna pallide
grisea.
‘Hab. Natal.

Derm pitchy, covered with a very short, greyish pubescence; head
with a thick, rough, yellowish-grey pubescence, very concave between
the tubers; eyes small and widely apart; prothorax coarsely punctured,
the widest part a little behind the anterior border; scutellum rounded
posteriorly ; elytra irregularly and coarsely punctured, on each elytron
three or four elevated lines, one only well defined, and connected with
the remainder before reaching the apex, behind the middle a condensed
patch of a paler pubescence ; body beneath and legs greyish, pubescent ;
posterior tarsi longer than their tibiz. Length 4 lines.

Longicornia of South Africa, Ye. 281

ATYBE.

Caput latum, vertice elevato, fronte non impressa, subquadrata. Oculi
parvi, emarginati. Antenne remote, setaceze, subfimbriate, breves,
articulo basali ovato, tertio elongato, quarto curvato breviore, ceteris
brevibus. Prothorax brevis, subquadratus, lateribus muticis. Elytra
parallela, prothorace latiora, basi cristata. Pedes breves; tars? omnes
zquales (¢bie haud breviores), articulo ultimo non elongato. Pro- et
meso-sterna dentata.

I am inclined to consider this genus as intermediate between Clo-
niocerus and Ecthea, although by no means very nearly allied to
either. With the former it has a primd facie resemblance in outline
and vesture ; with the latter it agrees in the elevated vertex, and in
the setaceous antenne widely separated at the base. According to
my views, they are all referable to the Apomecynine, a subfamily of
Lamiide, principally characterized by their short legs and generally
short and subulate antenne, although in the latter respect Cloniocerus
is a remarkable exception. The species described below 1s, I believe,
unique, and was lately sent to this country by Mr. Plant, to whom
it is dedicated. It is now in my collection.

Atybe Plant. (Pl. XIII. fig. 6.)
A, fusco pubescens; elytris sparse spinulosis, basi, apice et plaga laterali
exceptis, albidis.
Hab. Madagascar.

Dark brown, with a short, close, brownish pubescence, except the
greater part of the elytra, which are whitish, the base and apex only
being brown, with a paler patch of the same colour at the side; head
with two small tubers on the vertex ; antennze much shorter than the
body, dark brown, scarcely fimbriated beneath ; prothorax about equal
in length and breadth, rather narrower posteriorly, the sides slightly
rounded, a pair of small pointed spines directed forwards on each side
of the disk, and another on the anterior margin immediately in a line
with each pair; elytra rounded at the apex, a short row of spines form-
ing a crest at the base of each, and several small spines scattered at
intervals over the surface, some of which have a little tuft of hair at
the apex; legs dark brown, the proximal half of the tibize white ; body
beneath dark brown, shining, with scattered hairs; anterior acetabula
moderately angulated externally. Length 7 lines.

CorMIA.

Caput antice subquadratum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis validis,
basi approximatis. Oculi parvi, distantes. -dntenne corpore breviores,
haud pilose, scapo cylindrico, articulo tertio quam scapo et quarto
multo longiore, ceteris decrescentibus. Prothorax transversus, sequatus,

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lateraliter rotundatus et inermis. Elytra brevia, convexa, prothorace
latiora, irregularia, apice declivia. Pedes breves; tarsi omnes subzequales.
Prosternum angustum, depressum. Mesosternum simplex, postice haud
lobatum. Abdomen breviusculum.

Allied to Albana, Muls., although a much more bulky form and
distinguished by its shorter scape, the long third joint of the antennee,
and irregular elytra. It appears to be not uncommon in Natal.

Cormia ingrata.

C. sordide fusea; elytris quadricristatis.
Hab. Natal.

Dull brown, with a short reddish-grey pile, and rather coarsely
punctured; head with a strongly marked line between the tubers;
prothorax rather wider than the head; elytra considerably broader
than the prothorax, each with two long narrow elevated crests, the
first basal, the second commencing at the middle and rather outside
the line of the first, towards the side a slightly raised line, the apex
slightly truncate; body beneath and legs chestnut-brown, with a grey
pile. Length 2-53 lines.

Sophronica carbonaria.

S. fusca, sparse nigro pilosa; prothorace transverso, concolori; antennis
incrassatis ; oculis vertice distantibus.
Hab. Cape.

Dark brown, slightly shining, with scattered, stiff, rather shortish,
black hairs; head broad, very convex in front, and coarsely punctured ;
eyes widely apart, especially on the vertex; prothorax transverse,
rounded at the side, coarsely punctured; elytra oblong, irregularly and
coarsely punctured; body beneath dark chestnut, shining; antennz
thick, sparsely pilose. Length 4 lines.

Probably the Sophronica carbonaria of Dejean. The genus Dasyo,
published by me in the ‘ Transactions of the Entomological Society’
(2nd ser. iv. p. 253), is perhaps sufficiently distinct, although at one
time I thought that it was undoubtedly identical with the Sophronica
of Blanchard (Hist. des Ins. ii. p. 160) and of Dejean’s Catalogue.
Dasyo (D. lineata) has, however, larger eyes, nearly approximate on
the vertex, a narrower and less convex head, and a transverse pro-
thorax, with certain differences in the comparative length of the
joints of the antenne which are probably of less value; for in this
respect, and also in their more attenuated forms, Dasyo improba
differs from both species.

Longicornia of South Africa, Sc. 283

Alphitopola ficivora.
A, angusta, piceo-fusca, maculis albis pubescentibus irreoularibus ornata ;
- antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, illis corpore triente longioribus.
Hab. Natal.

Narrow, scarcely depressed, pitchy brown, with an interrupted white
pubescence, forming irregular but very distinct and almost confluent
patches on the prothorax and elytra; head scarcely narrower than the
prothorax, the latter nearly quadrate; scutellum transverse; elytra
parallel, coarsely and irregularly punctured; body beneath with.a
whitish pile ; antennze and legs ferruginous, with an extremely delicate
pubescence, the former about a third longer than the body. Length
4 lines.

The elytra are more parallel at the sides and have a very much
coarser punctuation than A. maculosa, the antenne stouter and
scarcely half as long as in that species, and the spots are more con-
fluent and irregular. It is said to feed on the fig.

Alphitopola intricata.

A. latior, depressa, fusca, maculis ochraceis pubescentibus irregularibus
conjunctis ornata; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, illis corpore triente
longioribus.

Hab, Natal.

Much broader than the last, and depressed, dark brown, slightly
shining, with an interrupted ochraceous pubescence, forming, especially
on the elytra, distinct patches of very irregular figure, the darker colour
having a reticulated appearance; head rather narrower than the pro-
thorax, which is slightly transverse ; elytra rather incurved behind the
shoulders, the punctures of moderate size and somewhat distant; body
beneath with a fine greyish pile; antenne and legs ferruginous, with a
very delicate greyish pubescence, claw-joint black. Length 5 lines.

Eunidia fulva.

E. supra pube fulva omnino tecta; corpore infra, antennis pedibusque
fuscis, sparse griseo pubescentibus.
Hab. Natal.

Upper parts entirely covered with a dense fulvous pile ; body beneath,
antennee, and legs dark brown, with a thin greyish pubescence ; prothorax
narrower than the head, above equal in breadth and length; scutellum
small, triangular ; elytra irregularly punctured, the sides nearly parallel ;
antennee nearly half as long again as the body in the male, paler towards
the apex in some specimens. Length 5 lines.

Eunidia timida.

EE. supra pube grisea tecta; corpore infra et antennarum articulis tribus
basalibus fuscis, ceeteris pedibusque fulvo-testaceis.
Hab. Natal.

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Fulvo-testaceous, covered with a close greyish pile ; body below, three
basal joints of the antenne, and prothorax smoky brown, rest of the
antennze and lees fulvo-testaceous, with a very thin greyish pubescence ;
prothorax about equal in length and breadth, rather narrower behind ;
elytra irregularly punctured; antenneze more than half as long again as
the body. Length 23 lines.

SYESSITA.

Caput antice quadratum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, basi approximatis.
Oculi elongati, late emarginati, lobo superiore parvo. Antenne sub-
incrassat, corpore paulo longiores, scapo modice elongato, fusiformi,
articulo secundo tertio obsolete conjuncto, apice producto, quarto scapo
eequali, ceteris brevibus, gradatim descrescentibus. Prothorax parvus,
quadratus, lateraliter subdentatus, capite angustior. Elytra oblonga,
parallela, subdepressa, lineis longitudinalibus elevatis. Pedes breves ;
femora modice incrassata ; tibie antice recte, intermediz haud emargi-
nate. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia. -Abdominis segmentum ultimum
subelongatum.

The characters of this genus are very nearly those of Eunidia;
only the antenne are thicker throughout, the body more depressed,
the prothorax slightly toothed at the side, and the elytra have raised
longitudinal lines. It contains three homogeneous yet very distinct
species.

Syessita vestigialis.
S. fulva, pube sericea tecta; elytris obsolete quadriplagiatis.
Hab. Natal.

Pubescence silky, fulvous yellow; the elytra with four indistinct
patches, especially the two anterior; head with a deeply impressed
median line, crossed by a shorter one between the antennz ; eye nearly
straight behind, a black spot behind it; prothorax with a darkish stripe
on each side; scutellum small, black; elytra with three raised lines on
each ; body beneath and legs brownish yellow, with a thin grey pile;
antennee with the three basal joints dark brown, the remainder brownish.
Length 5 lines.

Syessita divisa.
S. fulvo pubescens; elytris nigris, tertio basali excepto.
Hab. Natal.

Pubescence fulvous yellow, coarse, and not silky; elytra black, the
basal third excepted; head and eyes as in the last; prothorax propor-
tionally narrower ; scutellum small, black; elytra each with three raised
lines, the black approaching the scutellum obliquely ; body beneath and
legs brown, with a greyish pile; antenne nearly black, the base of the
fourth joint pale greyish. Length 4 lines.

Longicornia of South Africa, gc. 285

Syessita duplicata.

S. angustior, fulvo pubescente; antennis pedibusque nigris.
Hab. Natal.

Narrower than the two preceding species; pubescence fulvous, not
silky; head with a slight median line, the transverse one between the
antenne also very slight; eye narrow, a little incurved behind, a black
spot behind the eye; prothorax very narrow, a dark stripe on each side ;
scutellum small, black; elytra entirely unicolorous, each with three
raised lines; body beneath dark brown or black, with a thin greyish
pile; legs and antenne black, in one specimen some of the intermediate
joints of the latter are pale greyish at the base. Length 33 lines.

HYytrista.

Caput antice subquadratum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis validis,
erectis, approximatis. Ocul’ mediocres, grosse granulati. Antenne 12-
articulate corpore duplo longiores, tenues, fere glabra, scapo elongato,
incrassato, cylindrico, articulo secundo brevi, tertio longissimo scapo
zequali, ceteris multo brevioribus et subgradatim decrescentibus. Pro-
thorax oblongus, capite equalis. Zlytra elongata, angusta, lateribus
subparallelis. Pedes breves; femora antica robusta; tibie intermedi
emarginate ; tarsi angusti, articulo ultimo elongato. -Acetabula antica
parum angulata. Pro- et meso-sterna simplicia.

In its general appearance this genus lies between Agapanthia and
Calamobius*, agreeing, however, more closely with the latter, espe-
cially in its cylindrical scape, emarginate intermediate tibize, and
short legs, but differing from both, inter alia, in its erect approximate
antennary tubers. Notwithstanding its sober appearance, it is a most
interesting addition to the Longicornia of South Africa.

Hyllisia stenrdeoides.
H. fulvida, pube grisea sparse tecta.
Hab. Natal.

Pale fulvous, sparsely covered with a coarse grey pubescence; head
coarsely and closely punctured; mandibles pitchy; palpi reddish tes-
taceous; prothorax nearly cylindrical, longer than broad; scutellum
somewhat quadrate, but a little rounded behind; elytra coarsely punc-
tured, elongate, the sides at first nearly parallel, then very gradually
narrowing posteriorly, the apex rounded; body beneath with a very
thin greyish pile; legs brownish, the tibie paler, intermediate tibie
deeply emarginate; antenne twice as long as the body, apparently
glabrous, but in reality clothed with very short grey hairs, the scape
and second joint dark brown, the remainder testaceous, the third black

* M. James Thomson, in his recent work (‘ Syst. Céramb.’ p. 97), refers this
genus to Hippopsis. The latter has 11-jointed antenne.

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and shining at the tip, the third and fourth respectively gradually
paler at the tip. Length 5 lines.

OTTEISSA.

Caput elongatum, antice productum, collo distincto. Oculi subangusti,
leviter emarginati. Palpi cylindrici, obtusi. Antenne graciles, corpore
breviores, scapo modice elongato, articulis tertio ad sextum equalibus,
ceeteris gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax antice constrictus, lateraliter
inermis, disco utroque nodosus. Elytra oblonga, apice integra. Pedes
modice elongati. Mesosternum declivum.

Most of the characters of this genus are also those of Vowotus ; but
it differs essentially in the antenne, the fourth joint being of the
normal length, the unarmed prothorax, and the sloping mesoster-
num. ‘This is the only one of the Lepturine that I have seen from
South Africa, although M. Thomson has two genera from the Cape,
both of which are unknown to me: one of these, from the description,
(Pachyticon) would seem to be an aberrant form, as its antenne are
three times as long as the body. In the other (Aristogitus) the males
have elongated antenne, with flattened and dilated joints ; the female
resembles Rhagium.

Otteissa sericea.

O. pube sericea murina tecta; corpore infra et femoribus basi rufescenti-
bus; abdomine nigro.

Hab. Natal.

Head, prothorax, and elytra covered with a short silky pubescence of

a pale greyish-smoky or mouse colour, without any evident punctu-
ation; node on the prothorax on each side rather large, and having a
transverse impression in front; pectus and femora at the base reddish
testaceous; abdomen black or very dark brown, with a thin greyish
pile; legs dark brown, antennee paler. Length 6 lines.

Phyllocnema mirifica, (Pl. XIII. fig. 4.)
P. cyaneus; elytris chalybeatis; antennis pedibusque, tibiis posticis ex-
ceptis, luteis.
Hab, Nata.

Head and prothorax deep indigo-blue, both very closely and coarsely
punctured, each puncture at the base azure blue; scutellum and elytra
dark chalybeate blue, the latter finely and closely punctured with a
slightly raised line on each; antennz, lip, mandibles, and legs luteous
yellow, except the dilated portion of the posterior tibiee, which is of a
rich dark blue; body beneath black. Length 7 lines.

In this remarkable species the posterior femora and their tibie,
taken together, are about thrice the length of the elytra, and the

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terminal spine of the posterior tibie is very minute ; in other respects
it does not differ generically from P. Gueinziz, White, the type of the
genus. In this subfamily (Callichromine) is to be placed the remark-
able short-winged genus Colobus, Serv.; but as this name had been
employed many years before for a genus of monkeys, I propose
Nothopeus as a substitute.

AXystrocera erosa.

X. obscure viridi-metallica; prothorace latitudine elytrorum, disco semi-
circulariter eroso-impresso; elytris singulis apice rotundatis.
Hab. Natal.

Dull metallic green; head much narrower than the prothorax, brown,
closely punctured ; antenne brown, the proximal joints roughly punc-
tured, unarmed; prothorax finely punctured, depressed, as broad as the
elytra, and about equal in length and breadth, the sides rounded; the
disk with an impressed medio-longitudinal line, which begins from a
pubescent triangular impression forming part of the anterior marginal
groove, and intersected posteriorly by a large crescent-shaped mark,
with the concavity forwards, having the appearance as of the derm
having been gnawed away, at the side a smaller mark, and beyond
these two punctures, all having the same peculiar character; scutellum
chestnut-brown, rounded behind, very concave in the middle; elytra
with numerous small brownish granulations, each elytron with three
longitudinal raised lines and a rounded apex; body beneath, except
the propectus, glossy brown, legs darker. Length 10 lines.

The above description is from a male, the only example of this
remarkable insect that I have seen. Another species of the genus,
also from Natal, and somewhat resembling the preceding, is much
less robust in its proportions and paler in colour, with the prothorax
transverse, very considerably narrower than the elytra, the medio-
longitudinal line obsolete, and the disk of the normal character. It
may be named Xystrocera juvenca*.

Euporus ignicollis.
E. cxruleo-chalybeatus; capite prothoraceque nitide cupreo-auratis.
Hab. Natal.
Light steel-blue, antennze darker; head and prothorax shining copper
or golden red, the latter finely and remotely punctured, especially an-
teriorly; scutellum narrowly triangular, acute; elytra rich blue, irre-

* Jt may be diagnosed thus :—

Aystrocera juvenca.

X. obscure fulvo-viridis; prothorace transverso, vix depresso, linea longitudinali
obsoleta. Long. 73 lines.

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gularly punctured ; lip and mandibles dark blue ; legs and body beneath
shining blue. Length 5-6 lines,

A smaller species than £. strangulatus, Serv.; the prothorax and
head differently coloured, the former smoother and less deeply con-
stricted anteriorly.

Euporus callichromoides.
£. viridis; capitis vertice nitidissimo; antennis pedibusque ceruleo-
chalybeatis.
Hab. Natal.

Shining green ; head coarsely punctured, except a space on the vertex,
where it is smooth and very nitid; eyes and lip dark brown; epistome
yellow; mandibles dark blue; prothorax rather coarsely but not closely
punctured posteriorly, slightly plicate anteriorly, the constricted portion
with a rich iridescent band in certain lights; scutellum oblong, rounded
behind, bright green; elytra coarsely and closely punctured, shaded
with blue; antennze nearly twice as long as the body, steel-blue; legs
shining chalybeate blue; body beneath green, Length 9 lines.

A stouter form than £, strangulatus, Serv., with the femora much
less abruptly clavate.
Promeces iris.
P. ceruleus; elytris cupreo-purpureis, prope suturam viridibus ; antennis
longissimis, purpureis.
Hab.

Head, prothorax, scutellum, body beneath, and legs bright blue, the
tibiz and tarsi and posterior femora with a purplish tint; the head
and prothorax with distinct and rather distant punctures; elytra with
coarse, confluent punctures, dark coppery purple, lighter internally,
passing into rich green towards the suture ; antennz more than twice
the length of the body, purplish. Length 6 lines.

A narrower species than any I have seen hitherto, and differently
coloured. A single specimen in my collection.

ZAMIUM.

Caput breve, tuberibus antenniferis nullis. Oculi magni, grosse granulati,
reniformes. Antenne corpore breviores, apicem versus compress, scapo
haud incrassato, articulo tertio equali vel paulo breviore, quarto tertio
breviore, quinto praecedente longiore, ceteris descrescentibus. Prothorax
deplanatus, lateraliter rotundatus. Hlytra oblonga, parallela, depressa,
apice integra. Pedes mediocres; femora incurvata; tibie rectze ; tarsi
angusti, intermedii et postici, articulo basali elongato. Core antice
parvee, approximate. Acetabula antica extus longe angulata. Corpus
depressum, breviter pilosum.

Except that the eyes have large facets, the species of this group

Longicornia of South Africa, Se. 289

m.ght have remained united with the old genus Callidiwm, from
which, as it formerly stood, there is little else to distinguish it.
The genus, however, might still be considered to represent Callidiwm
in South Africa, were it not that the latter is now completely broken
up, the European species alone occupying seven genera, C. violaceum
forming the type of the restricted group.

Zanium incultum.

Z. fusco-brunneum vel fuscum, breviter pilosum ; antennis dilutioribus ;
prothorace trituberculato.
Hab. Natal.

Shining brown, inclining to dark chestnut, and covered with short,
sparse, greyish hairs and numerous fine punctures; prothorax with
three tubercles on the disk, placed triangularly, with the odd one be-
hind; elytra paler posteriorly ; antennz shorter than the body, fulvous,
rather pilose. Length 7 lines.

Zamium succineum.

Z. fusco-castaneum ; prothorace haud tuberculato; elytris singulis flavo
biplagiatis.
Hab. Cape.

Chestnut-brown, finely punctured, very sparsely cévered with short,
slightly curved hairs; prothorax dull brown, without tubercles; elytra
somewhat nitid, paler posteriorly, a large yellowish spot at the middle
and another at the apex of each; antenne nearly as long as the body,
slightly pilose. Length 5 lines.

Zamium prociduun.
Z. minus depressum, brunneum; prothorace haud tuberculato; elytris
singulis mediis fulvo plagiatis.
Hab. Cape.
Less depressed than in the preceding species, uniformly dark reddish
brown, with the punctures more crowded, a single yellow patch on each
elytron ; body beneath glossy; the pectus reddish. Length 4 lines.

PsEBium.

Caput exsertum, antice transversum. Ocuwli majusculi, reniformes. -An-
tenne elongate, robustz, subcompressz, basi distantes, scapo perbrevi
obconico, articulo tertio triplo longiore, czeteris brevioribus (ultimo ex-
cepto) subzequalibus, et apice lateraliter productis, ultimo subelongato,
apicem versus lateraliter inciso. Prothorax subcylindricus, irregularis.
Elytra abbreviata. Pedes antici et intermedii incrassati, breves, postici
elongati; post-femora linearia; post-tibize curvatze, subcompresse ; tars?
omnes breves, preesertim postici, articulis duobus intermediis transversis.
Core antice exserte, contigue. Pro- et meso-sterna angustissima.
Abdomen breve, segmentis subeequalibus.

290 Additions to the Longicornia of South Africa, Sc.

The above characters are drawn up from a male; what I have
very little doubt is, the female is somewhat larger, with a more irre-
gular prothorax, shorter antenne, and that remarkable peculiarity
of abdomen which is found in the female Obriwm and some cognate
genera—that is to say, the second abdominal segment having a large
semicircular depression filled with hairs, and the remainder of the
segments, also covered with hairs, more or less withdrawn within
the second. Megaproctus, an anomalous genus from the same country,
was placed by M. Chevrolat with the Obriine solely on this account ;
but as modifications of this structure are found in other groups, it
does not appear that any great value should be attached to it. In
the present genus, having regard to the habit, peculiar distribution
of colours, form of the antenne, imperfect elytra, and legs (except
the posterior femora), I know nothing so nearly approaching it as
Akiptera. Indeed, with Bimia and Agapete, I think the four genera
will form a subfamily allied in some respects to Hesthesis.

Psebium brevipenne. (Pl. XIII. fig. 2, 3.)

P, nigrum; capitis fronte et lateribus, elytris basi, femoribus anticis et
intermediis (basi excepta) fulvis.
Hab. Natal.

Black ; front, above the lip, and sides of the head, anterior and inter-
mediate femora (except at the base), and the basal half of the elytra
pale yellowish; head greatly exserted, but not constricted behind, con-
cave between the antennee, face short; prothorax shining, a slightly
raised tuber on each side of the disk; scutellum rounded behind ;
elytra narrowed and rounded towards the apex ; posterior legs covered
with short stiffish hairs; body beneath black, the abdomen greyish
brown, the throat yellow. The female has the head, prothorax, the
greater part of the elytra, and the body beneath yellowish. Length
(3) 5 lines, ( 2 ) 63 lines.

CRIODULE.

Caput antice transversum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, basi
approximatis. Oculi angusti, late emarginati. Antenne corpore lon-
giores, graciles, haud pilose; scapo modice elongato, articulo tertio
longiore, ceteris decrescentibus. Prothorax oblongus, basi angustior,
lateraliter minute dentatus. E/ytra elongato-ovata, regularia, ad latera
fere parallela, apice singula rotundata. Pedes graciles; femora modice
incrassata; tébie anticxe rect, intermedi fortiter emarginatie ; tars?
intermedii et postici articulo basali duobus sequentibus simul longiore.
Prosternum angustum depressum. Mesosternum declive. Corpus sub-
-depressum,

This genus should have been placed after Nonyma, from which it

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Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 291

differs in its more depressed body, the form of its prothorax, the
relative length of the third antennary joint, and other characters.

Criodule strigata.
C. fulvo-brunnea, pubescens; elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, fusco-
strigatis.
Hab. Natal.

Thinly pubescent, yellowish brown, with several longitudinal dark
brown stripes on the elytra; head with a very scattered greyish pile;
mandibles and eyes dark brown; prothorax rather closely punctured,
the lateral tooth behind the middle ; scutellum rounded behind; elytra
strongly striato-punctate, the third and fourth rows connected poste-
riorly and not reaching the apex; body beneath and legs yellowish
brown, with a scant greyish pile; antennz pale, the scape and tips of
the rest of the joints darker. Length 21-3 lines.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII.

Fig. 1. Oriethus longicornis. Fig. 5. Gaz triangularis.
» 2. Psebium brevipenne. » 6. Atybe Plantii.
», 3. Opsies capra. » @. Phantasis heros.

» 4. Phyllocnema mirifica. .

XXIII.—Deseriptions of the Species belonging to the genus Paropsis.
By Josrrn 8. Baty.

Som years since I undertook, by arrangement with Dr. Gray, to make
a Monographic Catalogue of the genus Paropsis, founded on the
species existing in the Museum collection; for this purpose I ob-
tained the loan of the fine collections belonging to Messrs. Bakewell,
Waterhouse, and others, for the sake of comparison, and accumulated
a mass of MS. materials for the work. The unlooked-for determi-
nation of the Trustees to suspend the publication of their catalogues
for an indefinite period has hitherto prevented the completion of my
task in the form originally proposed. In despair of seeing the issue
of the Museum Catalogues resumed within a reasonable time, I pur-
pose in the present series of papers to draw up descriptions of all the
species of the genus to be found in my own collection, not noticing (a
few rare instances excepted) any that I do not myself possess.

Genus PAropsis.
Oliv. Entom. v. p. 597 (1807).

Notoclea, Marsh, Linn. Trans, ix. p. 284 (1808).

Corpus ovatum, oblongum aut rotundatum, valde convexum. Antenne
filiformes aut subfiliformes, dimidio corporis plerumque longiores.

292 Mr. J.8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

Palpi maxillares securiformes. Thorax transversus, antice late emar-
ginatus, lateribus rotundato-dilatatis, integris vel rarius emarginatis.
Elytra confuse punctata aut punctato-striata, limbo laterali plus minusve
dilatato. Pedes robusti; tibiis apice oblique incisis, interdum ante
apicem angulato-dilatatis, pulvillis linea glabra semper plus minusve
longitudinaliter divisis ; wnguiculis unidentatis. Prosternum elevatum.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulo basali plus minusve dilatato,
pulvillo integro.

Fem. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulo basali non dilatato.

According to those who have observed these insects during life,
they often, more especially the paler species, present brilliant metallic
colours, which fade entirely away after death; in this respect they
resemble many species of Cassidide (Aspidomorpha, Coptocycla, and
true Cassida).

The distinctive characters between the sexes are well marked, the
females being always to be known by the presence of a longitudinal
glabrous line dividing the pulvillus of the basal joint of the four
anterior tarsi into two divisions.

Their geographical range is very great: the metropolis of the
genus is Australia; but the species crop up, although in greatly
diminished numbers, through the Malay archipelago, China, and
Siberia, to the eastern confines of Europe, one if not two species
being natives of that region. By far the greatest number of the
species contained in our cabinets have been brought from the south-
ern portion of the Australian continent and from Tasmania; North
Australia will doubtless, however, when fully explored, yield us an
equal number of new forms.

The synonymy of the genus is in a very confused and unsatisfac-
tory state: most of the descriptions of the older authors (Fabricius,
Olivier, and others) are so short and incomplete that it is quite im-
possible at the present day to recognize them; in many instances
they will fit equally well two or more nearly allied species. Pre-
eminent, however, for worthlessness are those of Boisduyal in the
‘ Voyage de l’ Astrolabe’: excepting in two or three instances, where
the insects present a marked feature or some other character too
salient to be overlooked, his species are utterly unrecognizable. I
shall therefore, in most cases, ignore his work altogether*. It is to

* Much controversy has arisen on the priority of nomenclature: to my view
the simple rule appears to be this:—In those cases where the description
(although rendered useless by more recent discoveries) was sufficient at the time
it was written to determine the insect from which it was made, the name applied

by the author should, whenever practicable, be retained, due pains being taken by
subsequent writers to ascertain the species from which the description was drawn ;

Mr. J.8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 293

be regretted that H. Stal has added to the confusion by too briefly
describing thirteen species in the ‘ Ofvers. af K. Vet. Akad. Forh.’ for
1860; fortunately his insects for the most part are well-marked
species, so that in the greater number of cases they may be recog-
nized with tolerable certainty; in some instances, however, it is
impossible to make out the species intended without reference to the
author’s types. The descriptions of Erichson (Wieg. Archiv, 1842)
and Germar (Linn. Ent. vol. iii.) are, as might be expected, clear and
good as far as they go; but, unfortunately, the great accession of
new and closely allied forms since the publication of their respective
works has rendered it not always easy to make out clearly the insects
to which their diagnoses are intended to apply.
I propose to divide the genus into two sections, viz. :—

I. Elytra confuse punctata, seepe tuberculata.
II. Elytra singula seriebus decem punctorum impressorum imstructa.

Section I.

Paropsis variolosa, Marsham.
Notoclea variolosa, Marsh. Linn. Trans. xii. p. 285.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, obscure fulva, nitida, antennis extrorsum
fuscis ; thoracis lateribus ante apicem sinuatis ; elytris punctis brunneis
aut piceis fortiter impressis, interspatiis (preesertim ad apicem) elevatis,
hic illic maculis parvis subelevatis lete fulvis instructis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,
ovatus, apice truncato: edeagus sat elongatus, curvatus, lateribus ad
apicem angustatis, apice obtuse angulato, paullo recurvato.

Var. A. Corpore subtus scutelloque piceis.—Long. 6-7 lin.

Hab. Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney.

Broadly ovate, very convex. Head deeply but subremotely punc-
tured; face separated from the clypeus by an angular groove, from the
apex of which a grooved line runs upwards to the vertex; antennee
filiform, longer than half the body. Thorax scarcely three times as
broad as long; sides obtusely rounded, suddenly converging and deeply
sinuate at their apex, anterior angles submucronate; above transversely
convex, disk distantly covered with deep round punctures irregularly
crowded here and there over its surface; sides deeply and irregularly
excavated, variolose-punctate. Scutellum subtrigonate, sides slightly
rounded, shining, impunctate. Elytra one-fourth longer than broad,

on the other hand, all useless and too brief diagnoses, insufficient at any time to
characterize the species or separate them from their congeners, ought to be
entirely ignored, and the names given by the authors be looked upon in the
same light as simple manuscript ones. This rule I would apply to many of the
loose descriptions of Boisduval and other authors.

294 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

convex; humeral angles slightly produced laterally, their apex obtuse,
sides deeply sinuate near their base in front; surface covered with deep,
round, fuscous punctures, interspaces raised, thickened, more especially
toward the apex, where they become subverrucose ; they are also covered
with numerous irregular, obsoletely raised, bright-fulvous spots or
patches, which are more crowded towards the apex of the elytron.

Paropsis tasmanica.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, supra obscure fulva, nitida, vertice corporeque
subtus nigris, pedibus obscure fulvis, femoribus medio antennisque nigro-
fuscis ; thorace lateribus obtusis, antice sinuatis, apice mucronatis ; dorso
fortiter punctato, punctis disci irregulariter hic illic congregatis, ad latera
excavato, profunde rugoso-punctato; elytris sat profunde piceo punc-
tatis, interstitiis elevatis, verrucis irregularibus parvis fulvis seriatim
dispositis instructis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis elongato-ovatus, apice
truncato: @deagus modice curvatus, lateribus ad apicem angustatis,
apice rotundato, deflexo.—Long. 6-7 lin.

Hab. Tasmania.

Head distinctly punctured; epistome separated from the face by an
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal grooved line
runs upwards to the vertex; antennz slender, filiform, longer than
half the body, their apical third nigro-fuscous. Thorax more than
twice as broad as long, apex broadly and deeply excavated, sides
obtusely rounded, converging and often sinuate in front, apex obtusely
mucronate; upper surface on the disk deeply punctured, the punctures
irregularly crowded, having patches here and there free from punc-
turing, sides broadly excavated, rugose or variolose-punctate. Elytra
broader than the thorax, slightly dilated posteriorly, their apex broadly
rounded; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex obliquely rounded ;
sides sinuate immediately behind the shoulders; upper surface covered
with round piceous punctures, the interstices thickened, subverrucose ;
in addition, on each elytron are eight or more longitudinal rows of small,
irregular, slightly raised, bright-fulvous, wart-like elevations, their sur-
face smooth and impunctate ; lateral margin moderate, dilated, slightly
reflexed, its surface deeply and irregularly punctured, interspaces
thickened.

The different form of the edeagus, the presence of the rows of
tuberosities on the disk of the elytra, together with the black under-
side, will serve to distinguish this species from P. variolosa.

This insect is also in the collections of Messrs. Bakewell and
Waterhouse.

Paropsis Lownet.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, pallide rufo-fulva, nitida, femoribus dorso,
genibus, tibiis, tarsis apice, pectore (sterno excepto), abdominis basi,

Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 295

antennis, vertice postice, thoracis signaturis scutelloque nigris; elytris
thorace multo latioribus, fortiter subcrebre nigro punctatis, interspatiis
verrucosis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis anguste ovatus, apice
truncato: @deagus modice elongatus, curvatus, ad apicem sublingue-
formis, apice ipso deflexo.—Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Sydney. Collected by Mr. Lowne.

Head coarsely punctured between the eyes; epistome more closely
but more finely punctured, separated from the face by a slightly curved
line, the middle of which is obsoletely angled and sends a perpendicular
groove upwards towards the vertex; antennz slender, filiform, rather
more than half the length of the body, black, their basal joints pale
fulvous. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides nearly parallel,
very obtusely rounded, their outer edge slightly irregular ; suddenly con-
verging and sinuate in front, anterior angles mucronate ; upper surface
strongly punctured, the punctures on the disk irregularly crowded;
sides broadly excavated, deeply variolose-punctate. Scutellum smooth,
shining black. Elytra much wider than the thorax, scarcely longer
than broad; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex rounded, sides
sinuate behind the shoulders, apex obtusely rounded; upper surface
impressed with deep black punctures, the interspaces, especially on the
sides and apex, verrucose ; dilated margin somewhat reflexed, its surface
irregularly produced and much more strongly verrucose than the disk.

Very similar in form to P. variolosa; the much narrower thorax,
black scutellum, and black markings on the thorax, together with
the different form of the edeagus, will easily distinguish it from that
species.

Several specimens of this fine species are also in the Rev. H.
Clark’s Collection.

Paropsis Wilsone.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, antennis extrorsum nigro-
fuscis ; thorace lateribus obtuse rotundatis, antice sinuatis, apice obtuse
mucronatis; disco distincte punctato, punctis hic illic congregatis, ad
latera irregulariter excavato, varioloso ; elytris piceo punctatis, inter-
stitiis levibus, fere planis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis elongato-ovatus, apice
truncatus: @deagus curvatug, lateribus parallelis, apice obtuse rotun-
dato, subito deflexo.—Long. 6 lin.

Hab. Adelaide. ;

Head distinctly punctured ; epistome separated from the face by an
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal grooved line runs
upwards on the face; antenne filiform, about equal in length to half
the body. Thorax three times as broad as long, sides obsoletely cre-
nulate, obtusely rounded, narrowed and sinuate in front, very obtusely
mucronate; upper surface punctured in a similar manner to that of

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296 Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

P. variolosa. Elytra scarcely broader than iong, broader than the
thorax, dilated posteriorly, apex very broadly rounded; shoulders
slightly produced laterally, their apex obtuse; surface of disk covered
with large round pitchy punctures, less closely placed than in P. tas-
manica, interspaces plane, impunctate, obsoletely thickened on the
outer disk and near the apex; lateral margin moderately dilated, its
surface deeply and irregularly punctured, interspaces thickened.

The shorter form, smooth elytra, and differently shaped edeagus
will separate this very distinct species from its congeners.

Paropsis Waterhouset.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, fulva, nitida; thorace disco tenuiter crebre,
ad latera profundius punctato, lateribus rotundatis, antice angustatis ;
elytris croceis, fortiter subcrebre punctatis, interstitiis distincte crebre
punctatis, apicem versus subelevatis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis sat dilatatus, apice
truncato: @deagus elongatus, curvatus, lateribus parallelis, apice angu-
lato, paullo recurvato.— Long. 6-7 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Broadly ovate, very convex, pale shining fulvous. Head very finely
punctured, face separated from the clypeus by a semiovate grooved
line, the middle of which is slightly angular; apex of jaws black ; an-
tenne slender, filiform, scarcely half the length of the body. Thorax
not three times as broad as long; sides rounded, narrowed in front,
anterior angles somewhat obtuse; above transversely convex, finely
and closely punctured, sides covered by a broad shallow excavation,
more coarsely punctured. Scutellum subtriangular, smooth and shining.
Elytra scarcely one-fourth longer than broad, slightly dilated posteriorly,
their apex broadly rounded; shoulders indistinctly produced, rectan-
gular, their apex obtuse ; sides slightly sinuate immediately behind the
anterior angles; above very convex, surface covered with deep but not
very large punctures, interspaces finely but distinctly punctate, slightly
elevated towards the apex; dilated margin indistinctly reflexed.

The much closer, finer, and more regular punctation of the whole
upper surface separates this species from its allies.

Paropsis Parryi.

P. \ate ovata, valde convexa, subtus nigra, nitida, tibiis (apice excepto)
femorumque vittulis flavis; supra sordide flava, scutello antennisque
(his basi exceptis) nigris; thorace disco irregulariter remote punctato,
ad latera varioloso; elytris fortiter punctatis, punctis subremotis, inter-
spatiis levibus, elevatis, pone medium et ad latera verrucosis.

Mas. Elytrorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis elongato-ovatus,
apice truncato: @deagus elongatus, apice lanceolatus, apice ipso breviter
recurvato; subtius membranaceus.— Long. 7-7} lin.

Ifab. Australia.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 297

Head distinctly but not coarsely punctured ; epistome separated from
the face by an angular groove, from the apex of which a grooved line
runs directly upwards to the vertex; antenne slender, filiform, rather
longer than half the body, three basal joints yellow, streaked with
black on their upper surface, fourth fulvous, smooth; apical joints of
maxillary palpi black. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides
obtuse, converging at the base, suddenly converging and sinuate at
the apex, anterior angles obtusely mucronate ; upper surface distinctly
punctured, punctures distant in the middle of the disk, more crowded
on its sides; sides broadly excavated, variolose. Scutellum shining
black. Elytra much broader than the thorax, about one-fifth longer
than broad, somewhat dilated posteriorly, their apex regularly rounded ;
shoulder nearly rectangular, rounded at the apex, produced slightly
outwards and scarcely backwards; sides sinuate immediately behind
the anterior angles ; surface rather more finely and somewhat less closely
punctured than in P. owner, the punctures concolorous with the disk,
interspaces also rather less distinctly verrucose ; lateral margin broadly
dilated, slightly reflexed, its surface covered with deep punctures, which
form irregular transverse striz, their interspaces strongly elevated.

Although P. Parry? is clearly distinct from P. variolosa, it is just
one of those cases where it becomes difficult to point out the diag-
nostic marks in words. Parryiis a somewhat larger insect, its colour
on the upper surface (with the exception of the black scutellum) is
one uniformly dull flavous hue; the humeral angles of the elytra are
rather more prominent, the lateral border being also rather more
dilated and reflexed; the interspaces between the punctures on the
disk, although thickened and more verrucose posteriorly, are without
the shghtly raised irregular patches usually to be seen in P. variolosa;
its thorax is also rather narrower. From P. Waterhouse: it can be
separated by the differently formed thorax and much rougher punc-
tation of its whole surface ; whilst from P. tasmanica, P. Lownei, and
P. Wilsoni the recurved instead of deflexed apex of its edeagus will
at once distinguish it. I only know two specimens, male and female,
formerly in Major Parry’s cabinet, and probably from Northern
Australia.

Paropsis suspiciosa.

P. subquadrato-ovata, convexa, dorso subdepressa, fusco-fulva, nitida,
thoracis lateribus basi rotundatis, hine ad apicem rotundato-angus-
tatis ; elytris subtenuiter et subseriatim fusco punctatis, singulis vittis
quinque impunctatis, margine laterali profunde inordinatim punctato ;
subtus nigro-picea; capite, thoracis lateribus, abdominis margine pedi-
busque obscure fulvis.—Long. 7 lin.

Hab. Melbourne.

Subquadrate-ovate, convex, flattened above, shining fusco-fulvons

298 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

Head finely but not very closely punctured; epistome separated from
the face by a semiovate groove, the middle of which is slightly angular
and sends a short groove upwards on the face; antenne slender, sub-
filiform, nearly half the length of the body ; apex of jaws black. Thorax
nearly three times as broad as long; apex broadly and deeply exca-
vated ; sides rounded at the base, thence rotundate-angustate to their
apex, anterior angles subacute; above transversely convex, finely but
not very closely punctured ; sides irregularly excavated, slightly thick-
ened at the extreme outer margin, coarsely punctured; in the centre of
the excavated portion is a deep, round fovea. Scutellum semiovate.
Elytra nearly one-fourth longer than broad; shoulders subrectangular,
their apex rounded; sides slightly, apex regularly rounded; above
convex, flattened along the suture ; surface covered with numerous fine
but deeply impressed fuscous punctures, arranged in broad longitudinal
rows; on the disk of each elytron there are five smooth impunctate
interspaces, which extend from the base nearly to the apex of the
elytron, the two outer being interrupted and less distinct at their base ;
dilated border smooth and shining, its surface covered with large,
deeply impressed, fuscous punctures. Body beneath shining nigro-
piceous; head, sides of thorax, outer border of abdomen, and legs
obscure fulvous.

This species, of which I know only a single specimen (a female),
can be readily separated by its flattened upper surface from any of
the other species of the section with which it is at all likely to be
confounded ; in shape it closely resembles the female of P. morio,
Fab.

Paropsis fulvo-guttata.

P. ovata, valde convexa, obscure fulva, nitida; frontis maculis quatuor,
thoracis maculis decem elytrisque nigris, his singulatim margine late-
rali, vitta submarginali maculisque irregularibus in vittas interruptas
novem dispositis fulvis; subtus nigra, nitida; capite, thorace, abdominis
segmentorum margine pedibusque fulvis.—Long. 53-6 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Ovate, very convex, dark shining fulvous; four oblong patches on
the head, two on the thorax, placed in two transverse rows, together
with the elytra, black, with the lateral border, a submarginal stripe
confluent at the base with the border itself, and also a second line
« short distance below its middle, together with numerous large irre-
gular spots, arranged in nine more or less interrupted longitudinal
rows, dark fulvous. Head punctured; face separated from the clypeus
by an indistinct grooved line, front longitudinally depressed ; apex of
jaws and four patches on the upper surface of the head black, of these
latter the first two, straight and nearly oblong, are placed between
the eyes, the two others on the vertex are larger, oblique, and placed
one on either side, externally to the former ; antenne very slender, fili-

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 299

form, about half the length of the body. Thorax more than three times
as broad as long; apex broadly and deeply emarginate, middle of ex-
cavated portion slightly produced, sides rounded at the base, thence con-
verging obliquely to the front, anterior angles with their apex obtuse ;
above transversely convex, sides irregularly excavated, coarsely punc-
tate, disk finely and rather closely punctured. Scutellum semiovate.
Elytra subovate, very convex; shoulders subrectangular, their apex
obtuse ; above deeply and irregularly, but not very closely, punctured,
the fulvous patches, which become obsoletely raised towards the apex of
the elytron, are, together with the submarginal stripe, finely punctate.
Beneath shining black; head, thorax, margin of abdominal segments,
and also the legs dark fulvous, four posterior thighs marked on their
anterior surface, near its apex, with a black patch.

More regularly ovate than any of the preceding, from which,

however, as well as from all the other species of the section, its
peculiar pattern and colouring will separate it.

Paropsis reticulata, Marsham.
Notoclea reticulata, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 285, tab. 24. fig. 2.
Paropsis incarnata, Krichs. Wieg. Archiv, 1842, p. 226.
sanguinipennis, Germ. Linn. Entom. ii. p. 233 (1848).

P. subquadrato-ovata, valde convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, antennis ex-
trorsum fuscis; thorace fusco variegato, lateribus rotundato-dilatatis,
antice sinuatis, disco subremote punctato, punctis irregulariter congre-
gatis, ad latera excavato, minus crebre varioloso-punctato: elytris
crebre et profunde fusco punctatis, interspatiis elevatis, postice verru-
cosis ; sanguineis, piceo aut fusco maculatis.

Var. A. Elytris sanguineis, maculis piceis obsoletis.

Var. B. Elytris sanguineis, verrucosis, margineque flavis.

Var. C. Corpore pallide flavo, elytris fusco maculatis.

Notoclea quadrimaculata, Marsh. ? Ll. c. p. 287, tab. 24. fig. 6.

Var. D. Corpore toto flavo.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus robustus, abrupte curvatus, lateribus
parallelis, apice rotundato-angulatus, apice dente acuto non recuryato
armato, subtus membranaceus.—Long. 5-6 lin.

Hab. South Australia, Sydney.

Subquadrate-ovate, regularly convex, shining fulvous yellow; elytra
pale sanguineous, stained here and there with piceous markings. Head
punctured ; clypeus separated from the face by a narrow groove, which
curves downwards at either end, its middle being angular and sending
a longitudinal groove upwards to the vertex; eyes and extreme apex
of jaws black; antennze moderately robust, filiform. Thorax more
than three times as broad as long; sides rounded, converging and
sinuate in front, anterior angles submucronate; above transversely

300 Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

convex, sides irregularly excavated, variolose-punctate, disk subremotely
irregularly punctured, the middle portion sometimes nearly free from
punctures. Scutellum smooth, semiovate. Elytra one-third longer than
broad, dilated posteriorly, very convex; shoulders nearly rectangular,
indistinctly reflexed, their apex obtuse, sides obsoletely sinuate just
below the anterior angles ; surface closely covered with deeply impressed
fuscous punctures, their interstices smooth, elevated, verrucose towards
the apex of the elytra; pale sanguineous, stained with obscure piceous
markings (these, when present, usually consist of a submarginal stripe
and three round patches placed longitudinally on the disk); lateral
border moderately dilated. Beneath pale fulvous yellow.

P. reticulata may be separated from P. variolosa and the other
previously described species by its smaller size and more closely
verrucose elytra; the punctures on the sides and hinder portion of
the elytra, and occasionally even over the whole surface, are con-
nected with each other by a network of grooved lines, forming
numerous’ small reticulations, each one of these being filled by a
raised wart-like tuberosity. From P. atomaria, the next species, it
presents the following differences: its general form is much more
regularly convex; when viewed laterally, its upper outline forms a
regular curve, of which the highest point, however, is rather before
than behind the middle of the body ; in P. atomaria the curve is much
less regular, the anterior portion of the body, from the head to beyond
the middle of the elytra, being more or less distinctly flattened, and
rising gradually from before backwards, the highest point being thus
placed behind the centre of the body ; from this part to the apex the
outline forms a regular curve: in P. reticulata the thorax is broader,
its sides being entire, broadly rounded, sinuate in front, the upper
surface being also more finely and closely punctured ; in P. atomaria
the sides are much more obtuse, less dilated, and slightly bisinuate,
the upper surface bemg more distantly but more deeply punctured:
in P. reticulata the puncturing on the elytra is rather closer, and
irregularly placed over the whole surface; in P. atomaria, on the
other hand, the punctures near the suture are arranged in irregular
rows, leaving longitudinal smooth and impunctate interspaces, which
usually are raised and form distinct costa, but are occasionally plane
and not elevated above the general surface of the disk.

Common in collections.

Paropsis atomaria, Marsh.
Notoclea atomaria, Linn. Trans. ix. p. 286, tab. 24. fig. 3.
Paropsis dilatata, Erichs. ? Wieg. Archiv, 1842, p. 226,

P. oyalis, postice paullo ampliata, convexa, antice (a capite ad ultra

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 301

medium) declivis; pallide flava aut fulva, subnitida, antennis (basi
excepta) fuscis; thorace lateribus obtuse rotundatis, leviter bisinuatis,
angulo antico submucronato ; disco fusco maculato, profunde punctate,
punctis spe piceis, hic illic irregulariter congregatis, ad latera excavato,
varioloso-punctato: elytris thorace multo latioribus, pallide croceis, ob-
solete nigro maculatis, profunde piceo punctatis, punctis inordinatim
dispositis, antice prope suturam subseriatis; interstitiis ad latera et
apicem versus elevatis, plus minusve verrucosis, lis prope suturam
seepe costas longitudinales leves formantibus.

Var. A. Pallide flava, thoracis elytrorumque maculis obsoletis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, elon-
gato-ovatus: edeagus minus abrupte curyatus, lateribus parallelis, apice
subangulatus, apice ipso dente brevi subacuto, vix recurvato, armato.—
Long. 43-6} lin.

Hab. Tasmania, Melbourne, Adelaide ?

Head irregularly punctured; epistome separated from the face by an
angular groove; face more or less stained with fuscous patches; an-
tennz slender, filiform, more than half the length of the body. Thorax
twice as broad as long, sides obtusely rounded, slightly sinuate in the
middle and again immediately behind the anterior angle, the latter
submucronate: upper surface deeply punctured ; the punctures on the
disk, usually few in number, are congregated here and there in irregular
groups on the surface, leaving large spaces free from punctures ; in some
specimens, however, the puncturing is much more crowded, and nearly

_ covers the whole disk; sides broadly excavated, variolose-punctate.
Elytra much broader than the thorax, somewhat dilated posteriorly,
rather longer than broad, their apex regularly rounded; shoulders
obtusely angled or nearly rectangular, their apex obtuse ; sides scarcely
sinuate behind the anterior angles, obtusely angled about their middle ;
above convex, somewhat flattened and obliquely deflexed in front from
the head to just beyond the middle of the elytra, thence regularly
rounded to the apex ; surface deeply and somewhat closely covered with
large piceous punctures, interspaces thickened, verrucose ; on the inner
disk, in front, the punctures are arranged in irregular rows, between
which in most specimens are four or five longitudinal, slightly raised,

~ smooth costz, which sometimes are entirely obsolete; lateral margin
broadly dilated, slightly reflexed ; on the surface of the disk are usually
some indistinct, ill-defined, fuscous patches, which form maculariform
transverse bands.

This species is also in the cabinets of Messrs. Waterhouse and
Bakewell.
Paropsis maculata, Marsh.
Notoclea maculata, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 287, tab. 1. fig. 5.
P. rotundato-ovata, valde convexa, fulva, nitida, antennis (basi preeter-

missa) nigris; thorace lateribus profunde bis emarginatis, disco tenuiter
‘minus crebre punctato, ad latera excavato, et ibi foveolato et varioloso :

302 Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

elytris obscure rufo~ aut testaceo-fulvis, margine laterali pallidioribus
subremote fusco punctatis ; plagis irregularibus, longitudinaliter intra
marginem positis, aliisque disci, his magnis, quadratim digestis, macu-
lisque parvis numerosis subelevatis leevibus flavis, ornatis ; interstitiis
prope apicem subelevatis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, apice rotundatus,
apice ipso dente brevi obtuso recurvato armato; subtus late mem-
branaceus.—Long. 4 lin.

Hab. Sydney.

Head distinctly punctured ; epistome separated from the face by an
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal grooved line
runs upwards on the face; antennz longer than half the body, slender,
filiform. Thorax considerably more than twice as broad as long, sides
deeply bisinuate, anterior angles obtuse; disk finely but not closely
punctured, sides excavated, variolose-punctate, impressed in the middle
with an ill-defined, smooth fovea. Elytra not longer than broad, scarcely
dilated behind, their apex broadly rounded ; disk subremotely impressed
with deep fuscous punctures, interstices plane, slightly and irregularly
thickened towards their apex; on the disk conjointly are placed four
large, irregular, slightly raised, smooth, impunctate, bright yellow
patches, which, standing out in strong relief from the dark ground of the
disk, are arranged two on each elytron, as follows, viz.: one placed
obliquely below and within the humeral callus (this spot most fre-
quently divides into two or more smaller spots, and more rarely forms
only asingle patch); the second is situated on the inner disk, just below
its middle,—the four forming the corners of a square space on the
back; an irregular row of similar patches, which gradually diminish in
size posteriorly, is placed along the inner edge of the dilated border; a
number of smaller spots are also scattered over the surface of the disk;
rather larger and more crowded on the inner disk in front, they are
much smaller and more distantly placed on the remainder of the sur-
face ; lateral margin broadly dilated, indistinctly reflexed. Prosternum
unisulcate.

The smaller, more rotundate form, together with the large flavous
patches on the elytra, will readily distinguish this species from any
others with which it can be confounded.

Paropsis marmorea, Olivier.
Entom. v. p. 599, pl. 1. fig. 4.

P. ovata, conyexa, obscure fulva, nitida, antennis (basi excepta) nigris;
thorace lateribus valde bis emarginatis, disco irregulariter flavo macu-
lato; elytris fortiter subcrebre fusco punctatis, interstitiis apicem versus
eleyatis, maculis irregularibus levibus, subelevatis, verrucosis, flavis
instructis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,

Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 303
ovatus, apice angulato-rotundatus, apice ipso dente obtuso brevissimo
recurvato armato; subtus minus late membranaceus.—Long. 5 lin.

Hub. Melbourne.

Ovate, convex, obscure shining fulvous; antennee (their base excepted)
black, deeply punctured. Head punctured, epistome separated from the
face by an angular groove, either extremity of which curves suddenly
downwards; antenne half the length of the body, slender, filiform,
black, the three or four basal joints pale fulvous; apex of jaws also
black. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides nearly straight
near the base, converging in front, bilobate, their outer edge being divided
by two deep sinuosities, the first placed scarcely before the middle, the
other near the anterior angle ; the angle itself is submucronate, its apex
obtuse ; disk finely and subremotely punctured, sides broadly excavated,
coarsely variolose-punctate, whole surface covered with irregular, pale
yellow markings, which are sometimes obsolete. Scutellum subtrigonate,
smooth and shining. Elytra nearly one-third longer than broad; humeral
angles obtusely angled, their apex obtuse; sides slightly sinuate imme-
diately behind the humeral angles; above very convex, surface covered
with large, deeply impressed, round, fuscous spots, more crowded to-
wards the apex, where the interstices become thickened and subver-
rucose; scattered here and there over the whole surface of the elytra
are numerous, small, irregular, indistinctly raised, bright yellow spots,
their surface smooth, shining, and only impressed with a few fine punc-
tures; these are more crowded and somewhat larger on the anterior
two-thirds of the inner disk than elsewhere, four of them rather larger
than the rest form the four corners of a square on the back; they are
placed two on each elytron, the first obliquely just below and within
the humeral callus, the other near the outer edge of the inner disk at
some distance below its middle; there is also an irregular longitudinal
row of similar patches placed along the anterior two-thirds of the inner
edge of the lateral border; outer margin broadly dilated, scarcely re-
flexed, punctured in a similar manner to the disk. Prosternum longi-
tudinally sulcate.

This insect is most nearly allied to P. geographica; the position
of the four larger spots on the elytra, together with the narrower
unisulcate prosternum in P. marmorea, as contrasted with the broader
bisulcate prosternum in P. geographica, will separate the two species :
from P. lutca it is readily separated by its smaller size, the less-
crowded punctures and less-thickened interstices of its elytra, and the
far more numerous and differently placed flavous spots; the thorax
is also less closely and deeply punctured.

Paropsis geographica.
P. late ovata, g ; ovata, 2 ; valde convexa, pallide flavo-fulva aut late
fulva, nitida; antennis (basi excepta) nigris, thorace fusco maculato,
VOL. I. Zz

304 Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

lateribus profunde bisinuatis, disco evidenter subcrebre punctato, ad
latera sat excavato, rude rugoso-punctato ; elytris profunde piceo punc-
tatis, interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, maculis nonnullis parvis
subelevatis flavis ornatis ; prosterno minus angustato, bisulcato.

Var. A. Elytris croceis, disci maculis concoloribus.

Var. B. Minor, metasterno piceo.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, lateribus parallelis,
apice obtuse rotundatus; apice ipso dente brevissimo obtuso vix re-
curvato armato ; subtus medio longitudinaliter membranaceus.—Long.
43-523 lin.; var. 33 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Very closely allied to P. marmorea, narrower, the female more regu-
larly ovate, the elytra in that sex being rather more dilated behind,
their shoulders being at the same time more deflexed and less promi-
nent. Thorax punctured as in P. marmorea; surface of elytra covered
with deep piceous punctures, those on the dilated margin are con-
colorous with the general surface of the margin itself, from which
cause it appears brighter and paler than the disk; on the surface of the
latter are seen a number of small, slightly prominent, shining pale
yellow spots, some of these rather larger are placed, one ‘just below
and within the humeral callus, a second on the outer edge of the inner
disk, immediately below its middle, and a third, rather smaller, just
within and rather nearer the apex than the second, a fourth is also
placed on the middle of the inner edge of the lateral margin, and a
fifth on the basal margin close to the scutellum, the others, usually
small and punctiform, and more distant than the similar spots in P.
marmorea, are scattered over the surface. Prosternum rather broader
than in the other allied species, its middle longitudinally elevated,
causing the surface to appear bisulcate.

It will be seen from the above description that this insect, from
the position of the second flavous patch on the elytron, approaches
P. lutea; it may be distinguished from that insect by its broader
bisuleate prosternum and pale underside, also by the membranous
portion on the underside of its edeagus being much narrower ; the
position of the spot is also slightly different.

The variety B, is also in the Rey. H. Clark’s cabinet.

Paropsis lutea, Marsh.

Notoclea lutea, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 286, pl. 24. fig. 4.
P. egrota, Boisd. ? Faune de l’Océanie, p. 563.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, pallide flavo-fulva aut flava, nitida ; antennis
(basi excepta) nigris; thorace lateribus profunde bis emarginatis, disco
evidenter punctato, ad latera excavato, varioloso; elytris profunde sub-
crebre piceo punctatis, interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, pustulis

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nonnullis parvis subelevatis levibus sparse ornatis ; subtus nigro-picea
aut nigra, thoracis lateribus, elytrorum limbo, prosterno tibiisque (his
apice excepto) flavo-fulvis.

Var. A. Supra crocea, elytrorum maculis elevatis obsoletis.

Var. B. Prosterno nigro.

Var. C. Corpore subtus pallide piceo.

Var. D. Corpore subtus ut in typo; pedibus luteis, fusco maculatis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus,
ovatus, apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, apice rotundatus,
apice ipso dente brevissimo recurvato armato; subtus late membra-
naceus.—Long. 5-G lin.

Hab. Melbourne ; Tasmania.

Head punctured ; face separated from the clypeus by a semiovate,
distinctly impressed groove, its middle portion slightly angular and
sending a longitudinal groove upwards on the face ; antennz slender,
filiform, more than half the length of the body, black, two or three
basal joints and several of the following beneath flavo-fulvous; apex
of jaws black. Thorax three times as broad as long ; apex deeply and
broadly excavated; sides deeply bisinuate, above transversely convex ;
disk covered with distinct punctures irregularly congregated here and
there over the surface, sides broadly excavated, concave, coarsely vario-
lose-punctate, middle of excavated portion impressed with one or two
deep fovex. Scutellum subtriangular, smooth, pale shining yellow.
Elytra one-fifth longer than broad, very convex; shoulders obtusely
angled, slightly reflexed, their apex obtuse; sides slightly sinuate just
behind the anterior angles; above very convex, very obsoletely gibbose
just before the middle, surface closely covered with deep, round, fus-
cous punctures, interstices smooth and shining, thickened and sub-
verrucose towards the apex of the elytron, dilated border rather less
closely punctured, the interstices elevate-reticulate; each elytron with
five or six smooth, indistinctly raised, small, pale yellow spots scattered
over the disk; these patches, which are much smaller than those in
P. marmorea and‘ other allied species, are arranged as follows, viz.,
one on the inner edge of the lateral border, near its middle, a second
placed obliquely just within and below the humeral callus, a third just
within the outer edge of the inner disk, immediately below its middle,
and, more rarely, a fourth at the basal margin, close to the scutellum.
All these spots, when present, occupy invariably the same positions on
the surface: I have only seen one specimen in which the third was
wanting, but one or more of the others are often absent; in addition
are six or seven others (frequently obsolete), scattered at distant inter-
vals over the surface of the disk. Beneath shining black; prosternum,
the tibiee (their apex excepted), and the base of the thighs fulvous.
Prosternum longitudinally grooved.

In the cabinets of Messrs. Waterhouse and Bakewell as well as
my own.

306 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

Paropsis consimilis.

P. late ovata, valde convexa, ante medium obsolete gibbosa, sordide flava
aut fulva; antennis (basi preetermissa) nigro-fuscis, thorace lateribus
profunde bis emarginatis, disco profundius subcrebre punctato, ad latera
excayato, rugoso-varioloso ; elytris profunde suberebre piceo punctatis,
interstitiis elevatis, postice verrucosis, pustulis nonnullis parvis sub-
elevatis leevibus lete flavis sparse ornatis; subtus obscure fulva, piceo
aut nigro variegata, femoribus seepe infuscatis.

Var. A. Elytrorum maculis elevatis obsoletis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis sat dilatatus, irre-
gulariter ovatus, apice truncato: edeagus ut in P. lutea formatus, sed
subtus angustius membranaceus.—Long. 53-6 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Broadly ovate, very convex, slightly but distinctly gibbous just before
the middle of the back. Head punctured, epistome separated from the
face by an angular groove, from the middle of which a grooved line
runs upwards on the face; antenne slender, filiform, two-thirds the
length of the body. Thorax considerably more then twice as broad as
long, sides deeply bisinuate; disk somewhat closely punctured, sides
excavated, variolose-rugose. Elytra slightly broader than long, very
slightly dilated posteriorly, their apex broadly rounded; shoulders ob-
tusely angled, their apex obtuse; sides very slightly sinuate just below
the anterior angles; above very convex, slightly gibbous before their
middle, somewhat closely and deeply impressed with piceous punctures,
interstices thickened, verrucose posteriorly : on the disk of each elytron
are a few small, pale yellow, slightly raised patches, entirely similar to
those on P. sparsa; they are arranged, however, somewhat differently,
viz. one obliquely just within and below the humeral callus, a second,
in the same line, placed between the inner and outer disks a short
distance below their middle, and a third, somewhat smaller, subapical,
placed on the middle of the inner disk: there is also occasionally to be
seen an ill-defined patch or vitta on the inner edge of the lateral margin,
near its middle; in addition are four or five minute spots scattered at
distant intervals over the inner disk before its middle. Prosternum
longitudinally grooved.

This very distinct although closely allied species may be known
from the preceding one by the distinct gibbosity of its elytra, the
different arrangement of the spots (which are equally constant in
relative position) on the surface, and also by the shght but constant
difference in form and under surface of the edeagus; the thorax also
in the present species is usually more closely and finely punctured.

Paropsis propinqua.
P. late ovata, valde convexa, subnitida, late fulva ; antennis (basi preeter-
misa) fuscis; thorace spe fusco maculato, lateribus profunde bis emar-

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ginatis, disco irregulariter punctato, ad latera excavato, et ibi foveolato,
varioloso-punctato ; elytris croceis, profunde punctatis, interspatiis ele-
vatis verrucosis, singulorum disco maculis parvis subelevatis nonnullis
in vittas interruptas dispositis, leete flavis; tarsis plerumque piceis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis dilatatus, ovalis, apice
truncato: @deagus fortiter curvatus, a basi apicem versus paullo ampli-
atus, apice late angulato-rotundatus, apice ipso dente brevi recurvato
armato.—Long. 43-53 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Head punctured; epistome separated from the face by an angular
groove ; eyes and apex of jaws black ; antennze slender, filiform. Thorax
more than twice as broad as long, sides deeply bisinuate before their
middle, apical angle submucronate; disk irregularly punctured, sides
broadly excavated, impressed with a large, smooth fovea, variolose-
punctate. Elytra much wider than the thorax, somewhat dilated pos-
teriorly, their apex very broadly rounded; shoulders nearly rectangular,
their apex obtuse, sides sinuate immediately behind the anterior angle ;
above very convex, deeply impressed with piceous punctures, lateral
margin broadly dilated, its punctures concolorous with the general sur-
face ; along its inner edge is a row of large, irregularly confluent, slightly
raised, impunctate, bright fulvous patches; on the inner disk are also
two or more vitt, more or less interrupted, formed of similar patches,
but somewhat smaller than those on the lateral border. Prosternum
equal in breadth to that of P. geographica, broadly sulcate, surface of
the groove rngose.

This species is apparently not so common as many of the others;
it has been sent to this country by Mr. Waterhouse of Adelaide.

Paropsis carnosa.

P, subrotundata, 3; late ovata, 9; valde convexa, flavo-fulva aut crocea,
nitida, supra rufo-testacea ; antennis flavis, ad apicem aut vix infuscatis
aut nigris, rarius corpore concoloribus ; thorace lateribus medio profunde
angulato-emarginatis, antice obliquis plus minusve sinuatis, disco sub-
crebre punctato, ad latera late foveolato, rugoso-varioloso; elytris pro-
funde subcrebre piceo punctatis, interstitiis irregulariter elevato-tuber-
culatis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis sat dilatatus, ovatus,
apice truncato: @deagus abrupte curvatus, parallelus, apice angulato-
rotundatus, apice ipso dente brevissimo obtuso recurvato armato ;
subtus subcorneus.—Long. 43-53 lin.

Hab. Adelaide.

Head closely punctured ; epistome short, separated from the face by
a slightly angular groove; antennz more than half the length of the
body, flavous, slightly stained with piceous towards their apex, rarely
black; apex of jaws and eyes black. Thorax nearly three times as
broad as long, sides angularly notched in the middle, thence nearly

308 Mr. J. 8S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

either straight or sinuate, very obliquely converging to the apex, the
latter usually submucronate; above somewhat closely punctured, sides
broadly foveolate, indistinctly thickened within the lateral border,
rugose-punctate. Elytra rather broader than long in the male, nearly
equal in length to the breadth in the female, dilated posteriorly ;
shoulders nearly rectangular, their extreme apex obtuse, sides obsoletely
sinuate immediately below the shoulders, apex very broadly rounded ;
upper surface very convex, the highest point being in front of the
middle of the body, deeply impressed with dark piceous punctures, in-
terstices strongly verrucose ; lateral margin broadly dilated; in some
specimens the elytra are stained with indistinct fuscous patches, these
are formed by the punctures on those portions of the surface being
black instead of piceous. Prosternum broadly sulcate, surface of the
sulcation rugose.

The notch (placed on the middle of the sides of the thorax) is more
regular than in most of its congeners. In P. consimilis and most
of the other species, the notch is situated immediately in front of
the middle, and more obliquely incised. In form P. carnosa ap-
proaches very closely P. lutea; the elytra, however; are much more
closely verrucose; the prosternum is also rather broader. The
antennz in the present species vary much in colour: sometimes
they are black, the base alone being fulvous; in other specimens
they are entirely fulvous.

This species has lately been sent over in some abundance by
Messrs. Angas and Waterhouse.

Paropsis roseola.

P. subrotundata, 3; late ovata, 2 ; valde convexa, fulva, nitida, supra tes-
taceo-fulva aut crocea; antennis fulvis, ad apicem leviter infuscatis ;
thorace evidenter punctato, ad latera excavato-rugoso, lateribus modice
bisinuatis ; elytris profunde piceo punctatis, interstitiis antice subele-
vatis, postice et ad latera verrucosis, disco obsolete nigro maculato ;
tarsis piceis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor dilatatis, apice truncatus: @deagus
curvatus; apice obtuse rotundato, medio obsolete angulato, deflexo.
—Long. 4 lin.

Hab, Adelaide.

Head distinctly punctured; epistome separated from the face by an
angular groove, from the apex of which a longitudinal groove runs up-
wards on the face ; apex of jaws and eyes black ; antennz pale fulvous,
slightly stained at their apex with fuscous. Thorax three times as broad
as long, sides moderately bisinuate; disk somewhat closely punctured,
sides deeply excavated, rugose-variolose. Hlytra slightly broader than
long in the male, about equal in length to the breadth in the female,
scarcely dilated posteriorly ; shoulders rectangular, their extreme apex

Mr. J.S, Baly on the Species of Paropsis. 309

obtuse, obsoletely reflexed ; apex broadly rounded ; upper surface very
convex, the highest point being about the middle of the body; im-
pressed (but less closely than in the last species) with deep piceous
punctures; interstices nearly plain or but slightly raised on the inner
disk in front, verrucose on the sides and behind, the wart-like elevations
often flavous; on the disk are several large but indistinct black patches,
formed in the same manner as in P. carnosa. Lateral margin broadly
dilated.

This species approaches in form, both of body and thorax, to
P. obsoleta; but it may at once be known from that species by
the closer punctation of the elytra and the different form of the
aedeagus.

Also collected by Mr. Angas.

Paropsis obsoleta, Oliv.

Paropsis obsoleta, Oliv. Entom. vy. p. 600, pl. 1. fig. 5 (1807).
Notoclea obsoleta, Marsh. Linn. Trans. ix. p. 288 (1808).

P. subrotundata, valde convexa, flava, subnitida; antennis (basi excepta)
nigro-fuscis ; thorace lateribus modice bisinuatis, disco tenuiter punc-
tato, ad latera excavato, varioloso ; elytris profunde subremote nigro
aut piceo punctatis, interstitiis ad latera et apicem versus elevatis, sub-
verrucosis, obsolete fusco maculatis, maculis in series transversas dis-
positis.

Var. A. Elytrorum maculis obsoletis.

Mas. Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, apice
late truncato: edeagus basi sat abrupte curvatus, apice ovato-angulatus,
apice ipso dente brevi subacuto vix recurvato armato.—Long. 33-45 lin.

Hab. Adelaide, Sydney.

Head somewhat closely punctured ; epistome separated from the face
by an angular groove, which sends a short grooved line from its apex
upwards on the face ; antenne nigro-fuscous or black, fulvous at their
base. Thorax considerably more than twice as broad as long; sides
broadly rounded, moderately bisinuate ; disk very finely but not closely
punctured, sides slightly excavated, variolose. Elytra scarcely longer
than broad; shoulders nearly rectangular, their apex very broadly
rounded, sides very slightly rounded, apex broadly rounded; above
very convex, deeply but subremotely impressed with black or piceous
punctures, interstices thickened near the apex and also on the sides,
subverrucose ; lateral margin broadly dilated, an irregular space along
the anterior two-thirds of its inner border smooth and impunctate ;
disk of each elytron stained with a number (about ten) of indistinct
black spots; these, which are arranged in three transverse bands, are
merely the faint traces (seen through the substance of the elytron) of
black spots placed on the under surface of the latter. Prosternum
broadly and deeply sulcate ; surface of the sulcation rugose.

310 Mr. J.S. Baly on the Species of Paropsis.

This species may be known from its congeners by the much more
distant punctation of its elytra, also by its subglobular form: it is
more convex than P. roseola, the highest point of the convexity
being nearer the base of the elytra.

Paropsis porosa, Erichs.
Wiegm. Archiv, 1842, p. 226.

P. ovata, valde convexa, subtus nigra, nitida ; prosterno, metasterno, linea
transversa (medio angulata) tibiisque extrorsum flavis; supra flava,
antennis (articulis basalibus subtus exceptis) verticisque macula nigris ;
thorace lateribus bisinuatis, angulo antico obtuse mucronato; disco sat
fortiter irregulariter punctato, ad latera excavato, rugoso-varioloso ;
elytris subcrebre profunde piceo aut nigro punctatis, interstitiis elevato-
reticulatis, ad apicem subverrucosis; prosterno ante medium elevato,
transversim convexo, pone medium bisulecato.

Mas, Tarsorum anticorum quatuor articulus basalis modice dilatatus, apice
truncato: edeagus fortiter curvatus, lateribus parallelis, apice rotundato-
angulato, dente brevissimo vix recurvato armato,—Long. 4-5 lin.

Hab. Melbourne, Tasmania. i

Ovate, convex. Head finely but distinctly punctured ; face separated
from the epistome by an angular impressed black line, which sends up-
wards a longitudinal black groove to the vertex, the latter stained with
a black patch; antenne filiform, black, the basal together with the
under surface of the three following joints yellow. Thorax rather more
than three times as broad as long, sides bilobate, rounded at the base,
anterior angles submucronate; above moderately convex, irregularly
punctured, sides excavated, coarsely and deeply variolose-punctate.
Scutellum smooth, impunctate, its outer border sometimes edged with
black. Elytra very convex, about one-fourth narrower than long;
shoulders obtusely angled, obsoletely reflexed, their apex rounded;
sides subparallel in front, slightly sinuate just behind the anterior
angles; surface somewhat closely covered with deeply impressed round
punctures, which are more or less stained with black or piceous within ;
interstices smooth, thickened, subyerrucose towards the apex of the
elytron. Beneath smooth, black ; pro- and meso-sterna, a large angular
patch on the metasternum, together with the outer edge of the tibiz,
shining yellow.

The form of the prosternum separates this species from all its
congeners.

This species is rather variable in size, and is one of the commonest
in the genus.

[To be continued. ]

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. XII.—Marcau, 1865.

XXIV.— Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley.—
Leprpoprera—Nympuatine. By H. W. Bares.
[Continued from p. 213.]

[Puates XIII*. & XIV.]

Genus Acrronia (Hiibn.), Dbldy. in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 80.

In Boisduval’s ‘ Species Général des Lépidoptéres’ this genus was
placed, as a tribe equivalent to Papilionides, Pierides, &c., in the sec-
tion “ Succeints,” owing to a statement of Lacordaire (who studied
the habits of insects at Cayenne), that the pupe were girt with a
silken thread. I convinced myself, by repeatedly rearing two species
of the genus, that this is a mistake, and that the pups hang by the
tail like the rest of the Nymphalide, with which the perfect insects
agree in all essential points of structure. The larve resemble those
ot Epicalia, Callithea, &c., in being armed with branched spines, and
in having two longer spines projecting from the summit of the head.
They differ from allied larvee in having, besides the shorter spines of
the body, several longer and thicker hispid lobes proceeding from the
second, third, fifth, tenth, and eleventh segments. They feed on the
leaves of a succulent climbing plant on the borders of woods. The
chrysalides have a deep notch on the dorsal surface of the thorax,
and two long flattened appendages proceeding from the head,

In consequence of this discovery of the true position of the pup,
Dr. Felder has abolished the tribe or family Ageronide, and placed
the genus, together with Pandora, to which the perfect insects have
great resemblance, in the neighbourhood of Hetima and Epicalia in
the family Nymphalide—a position which I believe to be their true
one.

Dr. Felder speaks of the discoidal cells in this genus as closed. The
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312 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

term “ closed” has not, however, the same signification in this case
as in the Heliconide and Satyride; for the lower discocellular
nervule is never tubular and perfect in the hind wings of the true
Nymphalide (except, perhaps, in Clothilda), but is partially or
wholly a rudimentary seam. This character is a good one to distin-
guish true Nymphalide from the allied groups.

74. Ageronia Chloé, Stoll.
Papilio Chloé, Stoll, pl. 5. f. 3.

Pard and Lower Amazons. I did not find it on the upper river ;
nor does it appear to occur in New Granada or further northward.
The species, therefore, seems to be confined to the Atlantic side of
Tropical America, ranging from Surinam to 8. Brazil. Specimens
from Bahia do not differ from those I took on the banks of the
Amazons. The species haunts the shades of the forest, differing in
this respect from the rest of the genus, which prefer open groves or
thinned places near the skirts of the forest.

75. Ageronia Ferentina, Godart.
Nymphalis Ferentina, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix, 428, 248.
Papilio Feronia, var., Cramer, 362 A, B.
Ageronia Februa, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schm.

A common and widely distributed insect, being found from South
Brazil to Mexico, and in the West India Islands. It frequents orange-
orchards and open sunny places in the forest, settling on trunks of
trees with wings expanded, and when sporting or quarrelling with a
companion makes a sharp cracking noise with its wings. The same
habits are observed in A. Feronia, A. Amphinome, and A. Arinome.

76. Ageronia Feroma, Linnzus.
Cramer, 192 &, F.

The commonest species of the genus in the Amazons region, being
found in spaces in the forest where there is no underwood, or in
orange-orchards and plantations, settling on the trunks of trees.
The caterpillar has its sides of a brown colour, marbled with darker
brown, and the dorsal surface pinkish.

77. Ageronia Alicia, n.sp. (Pl. XTII*. figs. 1, 1 a.)

3. Expanse 3’ 8'". Slaty green, silky. Fore wing, above, with many
black or dusky variously shaped spots; namely, four within the cell, be-
sides one on the disco-cellulars, the two middle ones transverse and linear,
enclosing a deep red spot, the one next to these preceded by a pale brown
spot, and two to four between each of the longitudinal nervures, nearly

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all of which are margined with a paler hue than the ground-colour of the
wing. Besides these dark spots, there are from ten to twelve pale brown
spots, one or two between each of the longitudinal nervures. The margins
of the wing are marked with blackish patches, and the fringe is spotted
with white. Hind wing, above, with one black spot crossing the cell, and
three lying over or near the disco-cellulars, besides one between each of
the longitudinal nervures, all margined wholly or partly with pale green.
There is also a row of six black ocelli, encircled with pale green, parallel
to the outer margin, the two outermost of which are blind, the four inner
ones furnished with slaty-green pupils, having each a central pale speck.
Beneath: fore wing ochreous at the base; the rest of the wing dark brown,
with three equidistant belts of white spots. Hind wing clear saffron-
yellow, the outer margin black, with a quadrate ochreous spot between
each interspace of the nervures; besides which there are three ochreous
spots, margined with black, parallel to the apex. Abdomen, above, black,
spotted with pale green. The thorax, above, slaty green, with two curved
dorsal stripes meeting behind and a central spot black. Antenne elon-
gate, ringed with white.

In the neuration this differs from the male of A. Fornaa, which it
resembles in colours underneath, by the upper radial nervure of the
fore wing arising close to the subcostal, and by the lower disco-cellular
joining the median close to its terminal fork. This large and fine
species was met with only at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. It has
the same habits as its congeners, but is much swifter in flight.
Although I saw several, I was able to capture only one example,

78. Ageronia Belladonna, n.sp. (Pl. XIII*. fig. 3.)

3. Expanse3"1'", Similar to 4. Amphinome in colour and markings ;
differs in wanting the white belt and in other characters. Fore wing,
above, black, with light-blue markings arranged as in 4. Amphinome, with
the exception of there being a large blue circle exterior to the lower disco-
cellular, and two blue lines instead of a blue patch between the origins of
the first and second median branches; the white belt of A. Amphinome
replaced by a row of four round grey spots, a fifth similar grey spot lying
near the apex of the wing. Hind wing with light-blue markings, and
ocelli precisely similar to those of A. Amphinome. Beneath: fore wing
red near the base, the rest black, crossed by two belts of white spots, the
first lying beyond the middle, and consisting of five large spots, the second
near the apex, consisting of two smaller ones; besides these, there is a
pale spot crossing the cell, and a row of blue spots parallel to the outer
margin; this latter has a row of seven short bluish-white lines or spots.
Hind wing rich orange-red, the outer margin and borders of the outer
nervures black; the black border is broad at the apex, where there are
two rows of light-blue spots, the rest of the outer border having only a
single marginal row.

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314 Mr. H.-W. Bates on the Nymphalinee

The costa of the fore wing is greatly distorted in this species,
curving outwards near the apex; with this structure is connected a
contraction of the space between the cell and apex of the wing, and
a great thickening of the nervures at the end of the cell. Otherwise
the direction of the nervures differs only slightly from that seen in
the ¢ A. Amphinome.

I met with this handsome species only at St. Paulo, where it was
a common species about tree-trunks on the borders of the forest.

79. Ageronia Amphinome, Linneus.
Papilio Amphinome, Linn. 8. N. ii. 779. 176.
, Cramer, 54 8, F.

A common and widely distributed species, ranging from South
Brazil to Guatemala. It has been recorded also as found in Cuba.

80. Ageronia Arinome, Lueas.
A, Arinome, Lucas, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 310.

This species has been generally confounded with A. Amphinome.
The difference in colour and markings above is very slight: beneath,
the red colour of the hind wings is reduced to two basal and a sub-
marginal row of four or five spots. The shape of the fore wings,
however, differs a little, the costa being much more curved near the
apex, and the space between the first and second median branches
being greater. These characters seem constant ; and I believe it to
be a species distinct from A. Amphinome.

A,. Arinome is found in company with A. Amphinome throughout
the Amazons region.

81. Ageronia Arethusa, Cramer.
o. Papilio Arethusa, Cram. 77 &, F.
OF Laodamia, Cram. 130 a.
3. Ageronia Arete, Lucas, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 310.

Found at many places on the banks of the Amazons and its tribu-

taries ; Cametd, Obydos, and Ega. It seems also to be common in
Guatemala, from which country I have seen a long series of examples
captured by Mr. Osbert Salvin. The species appears to be the same
as the A. Arete of Lucas (Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 310, and Dr.
Felder, Ein neues Lep. p. 18), who seems to apply Cramer’s name
to an allied species having many more blue spots on the upper sur-
face of the fore wings; but Cramer’s species is evidently the one
which has a clear black space and few spots on the centre of the fore
wings. The species may also be known by having three red spots

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at the base of the hind wings beneath ; at least the thirteen specimens
now before me from the Amazons and Guatemala have all this mark
of distinction.

82. Agerenia velutina, n. sp.

3. Expanse 3” 2’. Closely resembling the figure given in Doubleday
& Hewitson’s ‘Genera Diurn. Lep.’ pl. 10. fig. 2, as representing Ageronia
Arete of Boisduval. Boisduval’s 4. Arete, however, according to the de-
scription published by M. Lucas as cited under the preceding species, is
identical with Cramer’s P. Arethusa. The figure given by Messrs. Double-
day & Hewitson, in the absence of a description and figure of the under
side, is insufficient to enable one to identify the species. A. velutina
differs from it in the absence of the light-brown hue of the costal border
of the hind wing.

Ageronia velutina G differs in the form of the wings from 4. Arethusa 3,
the outer borders being more bowed outwards, and the costa of the fore
wing being regularly arched, without indentation opposite the end of the
cell. Connected with this absence of indentation is a striking difference
in the neuration of the wing—the upper and middle disco-cellulars, as
well as the portion of the subcostal between the origin of the second
branch and the end of the cell, being very oblique, instead of deflected
almost in a transverse direction as in 4. Arethusa; the lower disco-
cellular also joins the median close to its terminal fork, instead of at a
great distance from it as in 4A. Arethusa. The whole under surface of the
wings in 4. velutina has a rich, silky, changing bluish gloss, and the red
basal spots of the hind wing are only two in number.

Found at various places on the Upper and Lower Amazons, in the
same situations as A. Arethusa, A. Feronia, &c. I did not meet with
the female.

Genus Diponis (Hubn.), Westw. in D, & H. Gen. p. 407.

The larvee of this genus, according to the figure given by Bois-
duval in the Crochard edition of Cuvier’s ‘ Régne Animal,’ resemble
those of Ageronia in having setigerous lobes proceeding from many
of the abdominal segments ; in the long cephalic spines they resemble
the larvee of the whole group of Nymphalide to which Epicalia,
Ageronia, Callithea, and so forth belong. In the neuration of the
wings Didons agrees with many genera of this same group. I do
not see, therefore, why the genus should be withdrawn from the
true Nymphalide and placed with others in a separate family
(Eurytelide or Biblide), as many lepidopterists have done, following
the example of Dr. Boisduval. The rounded shape of the wings and
inflated base of the costal nervure cannot be signs of great divergence
when so much variety of shape exists in the family, and so many

316 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinz

genera have one or more of the nervures similarly swollen. The
enlarged apical joint of the palpi in the males and the simple style
of coloration are the distinguishing characters of the genus. I think
its true place is in the neighbourhood of Ageronia.

83. Didonis Biblis, Fab.
Papilio Biblis, Faby. Syst. Ent. p. 505, n. 261.
Hyperia, Cramer, 236 £, F.

This species offers slight variations according to locality; but the
form which I met with abundantly on the Upper Amazons, at Ega,
agrees with the type found at Surinam, as figured by Cramer in the
place quoted. The insect flies about waste grounds on the borders of
the forest, hovering moderately slowly over bushes.

Genus Otra (Dbldy.), Westw. in D. & H. Gen. p. 407.

This genus was placed by Westwood, with the preceding, in the
family Eurytelide. Its true position, notwithstanding the elongated
wings and the wholly different style of coloration, is next to Didons,
with which it agrees in neuration and shape of antenne. The
species fly low, and hover about over the herbage with expanded
wings, in the manner of most Nymphalide. They live habitually in
the forest. I think there can be no doubt of the near relationship of
this and the following genus to Pyrrhogyra, Victorina, and Eubagis.

84. Olina Mariana, n. sp.

do. Expanse 2” 8’, Similar in size and shape to O. Azeca (Doubld. &
Hewits. Gen. pl. 31. f. 3). Above, black: fore wing with a short basal
ereyish-white streak, a broad, much broken, white belt across the middle,
a narrow macular white belt towards the apex, a grey streak nearer the
apex, and two grey spots close to the hind angle; the central white belt
begins at the subcostal nervure and ends a considerable distance from the
outer border, its upper part is detached from the rest and forms a large
spot within the end of the cell. The hind wing has a short submarginal
row of greyish-white spots, and a continuous fine line, of the same hue,
nearer the outer border; the outer margin is dentate, the projections being
very obtuse, and the sinuses edged with white. Beneath, brownish black,
the fore wing having the same spots as above, but larger: the hind wing
has an orange-tawny streak, commencing at the base, running, near to the
costal nervure, round the apex, and terminating in a large patch at the
anal angle; the disk has a bluish streak surrounded with brown, the outer
margin has two rows of elongated spots, the inner one being bluish and
the outer ashy white. Body, above, black; thorax with two transverse
erey streaks, collar spotted with grey. Antenne black; palpi underneath
and breast whitish.

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I took one example only of this handsome species, in the heart of
the forest at Ega, hovering about a low tree in a sunny opening.

85. Olina Emilia, Cramer.
Papilio Emilia, Cram. 223 8, F.

Common in thinned parts of the forest throughout the Amazons
region. The examples taken near Pard agree pretty closely with the
Surinam type as figured by Cramer; but on the Upper Amazons it
varies considerably, the subapical white spots becoming a continuous
belt, and the white stripe of the hind wings, in some examples, dis-
appearing; the size also is inclined to be larger. This form has
been described (as a geographical variety) by Dr. Felder under the
name of O. Cecilia. It is not, however, a well-defined local form or
race, as examples conformable to the type are found mingled with it
in the same parts of the forest. The species can be said only to show
a tendency to the segregation of a race in the region of the Upper
Amazons. Dr. Felder’s specimens came from the Upper Rio Negro.

Genus Cysrrnevra (Boisd.),
Westw. in Doubld. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 406.

The mode of flight of the species constituting this genus is similar
to that of the Olin, near to which Cystinewra is placed, in the
family Eurytelide, by Westwood.

86. Cystineura Tocantina, n. sp.

@. Expanse 1” 10’... Very similar in shape and markings, and almost
identical in colours, with C. Hypermnestra, Hiibner. Differs above in want-
ing the dark-brown, festooned marginal line of hind wing, and beneath in
the pale marginal lunules of the hind wing not being bordered on either
side with a dark line. The central dark belt of the hind wing is rather
broader, and the succeeding white belt much less macular, than in C. Hy-
permnestra. The outer border of the same wing, as well as the white
macular belt, have no trace of dark edging.

Taken on the borders of woods, at Cametd, on the banks of the
river Tocantins.

Genus Pyrruoeyra (Hubner),
Westwood, in Doubld. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 252,

This distinct and at present well-defined genus seems to be more
nearly allied to Cystinewra and Olina than any other of the admitted
groups of Nymphalidz. The bases of the fore-wing costal and me-
dian nervures are swollen, although not to the extent beheld in the
genera which formerly constituted the family Eurytelide. The palpi

318 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinee

are also greatly elongated in the female sex—a feature which again
reminds one of the family just mentioned. But the shape of the
wings, style of coloration, &c. are entirely those of typical Nym-
phalide. In their habits the species somewhat resemble the Hete-
rochrow, which again resemble the Limenites. They frequent narrow
sunny openings in the lofty and humid forests, and have a sailing
and wheeling flight, soaring rapidly to the tops of the trees if rudely
disturbed whilst hovering nearer the ground.

The larvee of Pyrrhogyra Tiphus and P. Necrea resemble in shape
and armature those of Hpicalia and Callithea, having two long, ver-
ticillate cephalic spines, and numerous shorter abdominal §pines
with radiating smaller spines at their tips.

87. Pyrrhogyra Cuparina, n. sp.

3. Expanse 2" 3’. Closely allied to P. Edocla (Doubld. & Hewits.
Gen. pl. 32. f£.5); but the costa of the fore wing is more arched, and
the apex much less pointed, although the hind wing is prolonged in a
similar way at the anal angle. Wings blackish brown, with a large
common greenish-white spot much broader than that of P. Edocla, and
rounded at its upper extremity: to this, on the fore wing, follows a rather
narrow and somewhat crescent-shaped greenish-white spot, and a small
dot of a similar hue nearer the apex. The central spot extends to and
partly invades the abdominal border of the hind wing. eneath, the
markings and colours are similar to those of P. Edocla, the costal part of
the fore wing having two parallel crimson stripes; but the red colour
entirely encircles the minor greenish-white spot. The crimson stripe of
the hind wing is broad, and shows no tendency to become lunulated ; its
outer edge has no blue spots, and only a narrow blackish-brown edging ;
the ashy borders are clear, and the brown line which runs through them
is very distinct and slender.

I met with one example only of this very elegant species, namely,
in the forests of the River Cupari.

88. Pyrrhogyra Otolais.

Pyrrhogyra Otolais, Bates, Entomologist’s Monthly Mag. Noy. 1864.
This species is closely allied to P. Edocla and P. Cuparina; but it
differs from both in the shape of the wings, which resembles that
of P. Newrea. P. Otolais seems to be rather a common insect in
Guatemala and Mexico. In the Amazons region it occurred only at
St. Paulo, on the Upper River; but the specimen I obtained there
seems to indicate a local variety, differing in the smaller size of the
second greenish-white spot of fore wing, and in the narrower form
of the discoidal patch, which nevertheless extends a little into the

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cell of the fore wing. The fore wing has also two whitish spots
near the middle of the outer border, in place of the obscure whitish
streak of the Mexican specimens: beneath, the red belt is broader
and much less lunulated than in the typical form. As only a single
example was found, I am unable to say whether these differences are
constant, and so refrain from treating it as a distinct form with
separate name.
89. Pyrrhogyra Tiphus, Lin.

Papilio Tiphus, Linn. Mus. Reg. Uly. p. 308.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 32. f. 5.

—— Tipha, Cramer, pl. 8. f. D, E.

Para; rare, in moist hollows in the virgin forest, flying mostly
near the tops of trees. Pard examples of the male agree precisely
in breadth of white belt, &c., with the Guiana type, as figured by
Cramer. I have specimens also from the Isthmus of Panama which
scarcely differ from the Surinam type, and a female example from
South Brazil agreeing precisely with the same sex of the Para form.

90. Pyrrhogyra Amphiro.

do 2. Expanse 2” 8’. Closely allied to P. Tiphus. Wings similar in
shape; but fore wing rather more pointed, with outer margin more incurved.
Black, a common, broad, pale greenish-white discoidal belt reaching on
the fore wing to the base of the first median branch, and on the hind
wing covering more than half the cell. To this succeeds, on the fore
wing, a broad oval spot, of the same hue, and a subapical whiter spot,
conspicuous in both sexes. The black outer borders have, in the female
and in some examples of the male, a row of obscure whitish spots.
Beneath: the form and extent of the red lines same as in P. Tiphus; but
the row of semicircular white spots on the outer borders are not clearly
defined and semicircular as in that species.

Upper Amazons, Ega, and St. Paulo; common. These differences
are constant in all the specimens I obtained of P. Amphiro, which
therefore constitutes a well-defined local variety or race of the
P. Tiphus stock. It is curious that such a form should exist in the
middle of the geographical area of the true Ziphus, which, as before
remarked, extends from Panama to South Brazil.

91. Pyrrhogyra Necrea, Linn.
Papilio Neerea, Linn. Mus. Reg. Uly. p. 297.
, Cramer, pl. 75. f. c, pv.
—— —— (transformations), Stoll, pl. 4. f. 3.
A common insect in the forest over the whole Amazons region.
It conforms to the Surinam type more closely on the Upper Amazons

320 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

than on the lower river (Parad and River Tapajos), where the black
borders are rather narrower, and the size of the insect smaller, than
in the normal form. The bases of the costal and median nervures
are very strongly inflated in this species, almost as much so as the
costal is in the genera Cystineura and Olina. Its flight is very similar
to that of the Oline ; but it wheels about over the bushes and lower
trees, not so near the ground as is the habit of the Oline.

Genus Vicrortna, Blanchard, Animaux Articulés, vol. iii. p. 447.

In this genus the bases of the fore-wing nervures are quite simple,
and the palpi of the female only slightly more elongated than those
of the male. The distinguishing character of the genus is the strong
curve upwards which the median nervure describes after the emission
of its second branch. It is this which chiefly distinguishes one of the
species (V. Sulpitia) from Heterochroa, to which it has more resem-
blance in other respects than to its associate, V. Steneles.

92. Victorina Steneles, Linn.
Papilio Steneles, Linn. 8. N. ed. x. p. 465, n. 39.
——, Cramer, pl. 79. f. a, B.

Widely distributed in Tropical America, from Guatemala to South
Brazil. It frequents open sunny places, such as deserted plantations
and the borders of woods. I have not seen any local modifications
from any part of its range.

93. Victorina Sulpitia, Cramer.
Papilio Sulpitia, Cramer, pl. 328, f. a, B.
Found on the Upper Amazons, sparingly, settling on moist places,
on the borders of streams, &e.

Genus Evsacts (Boisd.), Dbldy. in D. & H. Gen. p. 233.
94. EHubagis Agacles, Dalman.

Papilio Agacles, Dalman, Analecta Entomologica, 47.

A small, delicate species, little more than an inch in expanse. I
found it only on the Lower Amazons, flying about the skirts of woods
near the banks of the river at Para and on the River Cupari. Its
mode of fhght, like that of all the other species of the genus, resembles
that of the Pyrrhogyre, but is much weaker.

95. Hubagis Leucothea, n. sp.

3 2. Expanse 1" 5'". Wings, above, black ; fore wing with a triangular
spot occupying the middle of hind border and the disk, and four spots

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(two on the costal and two on the outer border) pure white : the triangular
spot has straight margins, and the second costal spot is much larger than
the three others. The basal half of the costal border has a metallic-bluish
stripe. The hind wing has the whole central part of a pure-white hue,
leaving only the extreme base and a moderately narrow outer border black.
In the female the outer borders are broader, and that of the hind wing has
an obscure whitish streak in the middle. Beneath, same pattern as above ;
but the edges of the dark borders are reddish, and a submarginal bluish-
plumbageous line traverses the outer borders of both wings. The fore
wing has a curved bluish line from base to middle, and three spots of the
same hue nearer the apex. In the female there is an elongated white
spot in the middle of the rufous border of hind wing, and an inner double
plumbageous line shorter than the outer one.

Ega; very abundant, flying over bushes in thinned parts of the
forest. The pupa resembles that of Pyrrhogyra Newrea as figured
by Stoll. It is green in colour, with dorsal surface of the abdomen
reddish, and has two, short, curved processes on the back—one at the
base of the abdomen and one near the front border of the thorax.

96. Eubagis Cenus, Fabricius.
Papilio Cenus, Fab. Ent. Syst. m1. i. 808. 169.

The true Zubagis Conus is a native of Southern Brazil, and is
distinguished from E. Leucothea by its spotless hind wings, and by
the white discal spot of the fore wings being very irregular in out-
line, owing to the confluence with it of two of the white spots of the
borders. I met with specimens on the banks of the Tapajos which
very closely approximate towards H. Cenus, but differ in the hind
wings having a very narrow dusky border, and in the first subcostal
spot of the fore wing only being confluent with the white central
spot. In these points the specimens form a connecting link between
E. Genus and E. Leucothea, and compel us to conclude that both are
local forms of one and the same stock.

97. Hubagis Anubis, Hewits.
Bubagis Anubis, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 16 & 17.

Differs from EH. Leucothea chiefly in the presence of a triangular
rufous spot on the costal margin of the hind wing beneath. It
appears to be a widely distributed insect: I found it on the banks
of the Cupari, in the interior of Brazil, and at St. Paulo on the
Upper Amazons, and have also a specimen from Nicaragua. The
female differs from the male in the same way as in the case of
E. Leucothea.

322 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

98. Hubagis Athemon, Linneus,
Papilio Athemon, Linn. 8. N. i. 484, n. 157.
——., Linn. S. N. ii. 792, n. 243.
—— — (9), Clerck, Icones, t. 37. f. 2.
—— — (<), Clerck, Icones, t. 46. f. 3, as var.
—— — (cd @), Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schm.

I found this species abundant in neglected and weedy coffee-plan-
tations and on the borders of the forest at Pard and Cametd, and
also on the Upper Amazons, on both sides of the river from Ega to
St. Paulo. The Parad specimens agree with the figures given by
Clerck and Hubner; but those from the Upper Amazons differ in the
outer border of the hind wing, in both sexes, being traversed by a
plumbageous instead of a white line. This is scarcely sufficient to
warrant their distinction as a separate-named race, especially as
some examples of intermediate character are found flying together
with the better-marked forms.

99. Hubagis Chryseis,n.sp. (Pl. XIV. figs. 2, 2a.)

dg. Expanse 1" 8'". Fore wing rather pointed, and outer margin
slightly incurved towards the hind angle of the wing. Wings, above, silky
green; apex and outer border of fore wing deep black, the border being
very broad near the apex, but much narrowed near the hind angle between
the first and second median branches. Hind wing with a very narrow
black border. Beneath: fore wing, basal third white, with a reddish stripe
over the subcostal nervure, and a black belt across the cell to the hind mar-
gin; apical two-thirds black, with five large white spots—namely, three
in a row across the wing, and two near the outer margin, the one towards
the apex being twice the size of the others; the outer margin is reddish,
with a submarginal darker line edged with plumbageous; a few plum-
bageous spots also exist at end of cell and over the disk of the wing. Hind
wing white, the base and five stripes (all of equal thickness) reddish ; the
second and third stripes diverge slightly from the costa to the abdominal
border, and the fourth unites with the fifth near the costa and the anal
angle; at the latter point there is a short black streak and two plum-
bageous lines.

I took only one example of this elegant species, namely, at
St. Paulo, on the Upper Amazons.

100. Hubagis Erchia, Hewitson.

Eubagis Erchia, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 7, 8, 3.
, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 10, 2.

This charming and peculiarly-coloured species has a very limited
area of distribution, being confined, as far as at present known, to

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the neighbourhoods of Ega and Tunantins on the Upper Amazons.
To the east of Ega it does not appear to occur; and eighty miles to
the west of Tunantins its place is occupied by the closely allied
form F. vicaria.

101. Hubagis vicaria, n. sp.

o. Expanse 1” 7’”-2” 4”. Shape of wings the same as in H. Erchia.
Above, silky green, with the pale spots of the under surface of fore wing
faintly shining through; outer border of same wing very narrowly black,
with the tip rather more broadly black, and a triangular spot of the same
hue in the middle of the border. Hind wing with a marginal and submar-
ginal black line, thickened where the nervures cross them. Beneath: hind
wing the same as in FZ. Erchia, both sexes. Fore wing the same as in
the female of E. Erchia, the basal half of the costal border being orange
tawny, variegated with plumbageous markings (namely, one in the middle
of the cell crook-shaped, and three succeeding it wedge-shaped), and the
rest of the wing black with six large white spots, with apical margin
tawny traversed by a slender plumbageous line.

This species occurs at St. Paulo, eighty miles to the west of the
district inhabited by #. Erchia. The two forms have the same
habits ; and where one is found, the other is absent.

102. Eubagis Decima, Hewitson.
Eubagis Decima, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 4, 5, 6, ¢ 2.
Found on the borders of the forest, sparingly, throughout the
Amazons region.

103. Hubagis Racidula, Hewitson.
Eubagis Racidula, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 2,3, 3; £.9,9.

This species is also widely distributed in the Amazons region ; but
it has not quite so extensive a range as H. Decima, being absent
from the Para district. At Ega it occurred every year in great
numbers, the males hovering about and settling on moist places and
ordure on the ground near the forest, and the females flying about
the flowers of low trees.

104. EHubagis Amplias, Hewitson.
Eubagis Amplias, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 18, 19, 20, 3 Q.
I met with this well-marked and pretty species only at St. Paulo,
on the Upper Amazons, where it occurred in the broad alleys of the
forest.

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105. Hubagis Sara, n.sp. (Pl. XIV. figs. 1, 1a.)

3. Expanse 1''6'". Closely resembling £. Tithia (Hiibner) and £. Sal-
pensa (Felder); differs from both, at first sight, by the greater number
and clearness of the white spots of upper surface of fore wings. Above,
dark silky green; fore wing with a streak across the middle of the cell,
and the apical two-thirds of the surface, black. There are nine tolerably
clear white spots, arranged in three belts, viz. 2, 4, 3. The hind wing
has the costal border dusky, and a twin ashy-white spot in the middle of
it: the outer margin is festooned, and the outer limb has three black lines
(namely, one on the margin, the second submarginal, and the third more
distant) terminating before reaching the anal angle. Beneath, the fore
wing scarcely differs from that of E. Tithia, the only difference being that
the black colour extends to the base of the first median branch. The hind
wing differs in being of a silky-white hue, and having thicker rufous
stripes, the central one of which is broadest on the costa and gradually
narrowing thence to its termination.

Not uncommon at St. Paulo, settling on ordure on the ground in
the forest.

106. Eubagis Neoris, Hewitson.
Eubagis Neoris, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 25, 24, 3.

I saw only two or three examples of this pretty species, which
were flying about the lower trees in a broad alley of the forest at
St. Paulo.

107. Eubagis Glauce, n. sp.

3. Expanse 1” 2’”-1” 7’”. Allied to E. Serina (Fab.), but much smaller,
and differing both above and beneath in both sexes. The male, above,
is silky green, with the markings of the under surface faintly shining
through: the costal border of fore wing has a blackish spot about the
middle, and the apex and outer border are black; this black outer border
has its inner edge trisinuate, and near the apex is a dingy ashy-white
streak. The hind wing has a submarginal and marginal black line, and
also an obscure, interrupted, thicker, dusky belt nearer the disk, scarcely
visible insome examples. Beneath, the fore wing scarcely differs from that
of E. Serina. The central part is black, with five large white spots, and
the entire margin of the innermost spot is black. The hind wing has, like
that of E. Serina, four orange-tawny belts (including the basal and mar-
ginal ones); the inner discoidal belt has its broadest part on the costa; the
outer discoidal belt is abbreviated at the apex, and has on its outer border
two plumbageous ocelli, margined with black only on their outer edges ;
the inner and outer margins of the belt have well-limited, continuous,
black lines—a character which distinguishes Z. Glauce from all allied
species. Q, above, brown, with dusky-brown belts, and white belt and
spots, as in E. Sera. The bases of the wings, however, entirely want
the bluish or greenish lustre which distinguishes the female of FE. Serina ;

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and the white spot of the fore-wing cell is absent. Beneath, same as in
the male.
*

This species is extremely abundant at Ega at the beginning of the
dry season, settling on the ground in grassy places on the borders of
the forest. It was also taken by Mr. Osbert Salvin in the interior of
Guatemala.

108. Eubagis Serina, Fabricius.

3d. Papilio Serina, Fab. Syst. Ent. 497. 252,
Eubagis Serina, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub, f. 1.
©. Papilio Egea, Fab. Syst. Ent. 496, 231.

The female of this species is distinguishable, above, from that of L.
Glauce and E. Dyonis, to which it otherwise bears a close resemblance, by
the silky green lustre of the basal part of the wings. The male differs
from that of EZ. Dyonis by its bluish-green lustre, EZ. Dyonis having a
golden tinge; from EF. Glauce (3) it differs in the belt of the under side
of the hind wing, which connects the ocelli, lacking the distinct blackish
borders which distinguish EF. Glauce.

Eubagis Serina is found in woods on the banks of the Tapajos,

and also at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. It is also an inhabitant of
Surinam.

109. Hubagis Onias, Hewitson.
Eubagis Onias, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 15, 15, 3; f. 14, 9.

Upper and Lower Amazons, in sunny glades in the forest.

110. Hubagis postverta, Cramer.
3. Papilio postverta, Cram. 254 c, D.
Se Mylitta, Cram. 253 ¢, D.

In woods on the banks of the Tapajos; also Rio Janeiro, Surinam,
and New Granada. The typical fgrm of the species, as found in
these countries, has both the ocelli of under side of hind wings cir-
cular in shape; further north, in Nicaragua and Guatemala, the
apical ocellus is transversely oval or reniform, and has two plum-
bageous pupils.

111. Eubagis Paulina, n.sp. (PI. XIV. fig. 3.)

o. Expanse 1” 10’. Same form as £. postverta. Above, of a uniform
silky-green hue, the marks of the underside not shining through. Outer
border of fore wing black, very broad at the apex, but having there, on its
inner edge, a deep, quadrate emargination; disk of wing clear of spots.
Hind wing with a moderately broad, black border, of the same form as in
E. postverta; there is also a distinct black spot near the anal angle.
Beneath, very similar to £. postverta; fore wing the same, having two

326 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

oblique whitish stripes near the base (the posterior one crossed by a black
streak), and four exterior spots. Outer margin greyish brown, with a
plumbageous submarginal line. Hind wing whitish, with three rufous
belts across the basal half (the two outer ones slightly divergent from
costa to abdominal edge, and enclosing a greyish belt with plumbageous
streaks). Outer limb grey, with two rufous-brown streaks, enclosing two
large, round, black ocelli, with round plumbageous pupils and yellow
irides; two black lunules, edged with plumbageous, near anal angle.

@. Expanse 1” 10’. Above, precisely the same as in LE. postverta, except
that the anal ocellus has a round instead of a crescent-shaped plnmba-
geous pupil. Beneath, the same as in the ¢ above described.

I found this species only in the neighbourhood of St. Paulo, Upper
Amazons. It appears to be a local form of EZ. postverta, the type not
being found in its company. As a local variety, however, it is well
marked and constant. It is remarkable that such a modification of
a species should occur in a district situated near the centre of the
area of distribution of the type.

112. EHubagis Perpetua, n.sp. (Pl. XIV. fig. 5.)

3. Expanse 1” 10-2" 2”. Similar in form and general colour and
markings to EL. postverta. Wings, above, of the same hue of green, with
spots of underside shining through; the outer border of the fore wing,
however, is much broader, and has two deep, rounded emarginations on
its inner edge. There is a curved black streak beyond the end of the
cell, but no black spot on the disk. The hind wing, above, has a broadish
black border, with a distinct inner limit, but without sinuation. There is
also in’some examples a round black spot near the anal angle. eneath,
the fore wing is tawny rufous, with five irregular white spots, namely,
one, oblique, over the median nervure, a second, flexuous, across the
hinder part of the disk to the hind margin, a third, elongate, near the
middle of the costa, a fourth, subapical, broad, and elongated, and, lastly,
a fifth, behind the middle of the ,outer border. There is a submarginal
plumbageous line, and two lines of the same hue in the cell, the basal one
almost circular and the other transverse, both partially edged with black.
Hind wing very similar to that of EZ. postverta; but the ocelli are different :
instead of having plumbageous pupils and yellow irides, they have black
pupils with the outer sides plumbageous, and yellow edging on the inner
sides only. The outer submarginal rufous line is also wanting, and the
outer edge of the central belt is flexuous instead of straight.

This species was one of the rarest of the genus. I met with it
only on the Upper Amazons, at Tunantins and St. Paulo.

113. Eubagis Zenobia, n. sp. (Pl. XIV. fig. 5.)

gd. Expanse 1" 10'". Above, deep black ; a large spot at the base of the
fore wing, and a small one at the base of the hind wing, silky green.

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Beneath: fore wing brownish black, with plumbageous streaks; two short
oblique, belts near the base (the second crossed by a black streak) and
five spots white, an oblong spot near the apex brownish white. Hind
wing white, crossed by five brown lines—four over the basal half, and one
submarginal ; between the last mentioned and the preceding is a large
dusky-brown patch tinged with silky blue, and having two round black
ocelli with plumbageous pupils and reddish irides; there is also a black
spot, edged with plumbageous, near the anal angle, and a submarginal
interrupted plumbageous line.

Of this handsome and distinct species I obtained only one example.

St. Paulo, Upper Amazons.

114. Hubagis Arene, Hiibner.

Dynamine Arene, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett.
Nymphalis Johanna, Godart, Encyel. Méthod. ix. 420, 221.

Thinned woods on the banks of the Tocantins and Tapajos; flying
about flowering trees; rare.

115. Eubagis Persis, Hewitson.
Eubagis Persis, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Eub. f. 21, 22, 3.

Found only at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons ; flying about the streets
of the village, and settling in muddy places at the edge of puddles.

Genus Trmeures, (Tymeres) Boisduval, Regne Animal,
ed. Crochard (1836).
Syn. Megalura, Blanchard, Anim. Artic. iii. p. 446 (1840).
Timetes, Doubleday & Hewits. Gen. Di. Lep. p. 262 (1850).

116. Timetes Petreus, Cramer.
Papilio Petreus, Cram. 87 D, F (1779).
Thetys, Fab. Ent. Syst. wu. i. 77, 241 (1793).
—— —— (transformations), Stoll, pl. 2. f. 2.
A common insect in Tropical America. In open sunny places,
gardens, plantations, and banks of streams; settling on flowers, and
on the ground in moist situations.

117. Timetes Chiron, Fabricius.
Papilio Chiron, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 452, n. 40 (1775).
Marius, Cramer, 200 p, 8, ¢ (1782).
, stoll, 30. f. 1, La, @.
Also a common insect throughout the whole of Tropical America.
In sunny openings in the forest, flying about the trees and on the

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328 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinz

margins of streams, often congregating in countless flocks; flying
rapidly, and settling in moist places. .

118. Timetes Berania, Hewitson.
Timetes Berania, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Tim. f. 1, ¢ (not f. 2, which is a
distinct species).

Q. Above, rich tawny brown; the black stripes same in number and
position as in well-marked examples of the male, but they are broader
and of a browner hue. Beneath, precisely the same as in the male.

This beautiful species is not found on the Lower Amazons. It is
abundant on the upper river, and is also found in Peru and as far
north as Guatemala, where Mr. Salvin found it in plenty. It fre-
quents the moist margins of pools and streams at the beginning of
the dry season. The female is very rare.

119. Timetes Orsilochus, Fabricius.
Papilio Orsilochus, Fab. Gen. Ins. Mant. p. 252 (1776).
Cinna, Cramer, 200 F, G (1782).

A common insect throughout the Amazons region ; it does not
appear, however, in such swarms as its congener, 7’. Chiron, and is
chiefly found in sunny places in the forest, flying about and settling
on trees. The female does not differ in colour or form from the male.

120. Timetes heraldicus, n. sp.

¢. Expanse 2” 4", Similar in colours to 7. Jole (Drury). Fore wing
strongly falcated, the apex being prolonged into a narrow point, and the
outer margin, immediately after the apex, strongly incurved and waved.
Wings, above, rich deep brown, without blue gloss; basal half of the fore
wing orange-tawny, silly, the outer edge of this colour straight and
sharply defined. Basal part of the hind wing also orange-tawny, but its
outer edge distinctly defined only near the costa, in the other part being
gradually blended with the ground-colour of the wing. Anal angle of
the hind wing very slightly emarginated, and the angles of the emargina-
tion not projecting. Beneath, scarcely different from 7. Zole; lilacine-
brown, with a few fine curved dusky streaks across the basal halves of the
wings; across the disk is a broad belt of a paler brown hue, and succeeding
this a belt of a much darker brown hue; towards the apex of fore wing
and anal angle of hind wing are a few ashy spots, and in a line with these
a row of blackish specks.

©. Expanse 2” 4". Wings of precisely similar form to those of the
male. The colours, above, are paler and duller; the tawny basal parts of
the wings are crossed by numerous black streaks, five of which cross the
fore-wing cell. Towards the apex of fore wing is a row of three distinct
white spots, The hind wing is almost wholly tawny-brown, crossed by

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black streaks. Beneath, same as in the male, but more uniform in colour,
and destitute of the paler and blacker belts.

This beautiful species was extremely rare ; I saw only one ex-
ample of it during three years’ collecting in the neighbourhood of
Ega, and only three or four at other stations on the Upper Amazons.
It is quite distinct from the 7’. Jole of the West-India Islands and
New Granada; but I am not quite sure whether it is different from
the 7. Hermione of Dr. Felder (Lep. Nov. Columbie, no. 97), as the
describer does not mention the faleate form of the wings and the
clear limitation of the basal spot. 7. Hermione is recorded as inha-
biting Ecuador, Peru, and the Upper Rio Negro.

121. Yimetes Chrethon, Fabricius.
Papilio Chrethon, Fab. Gen. Ins. Mant. p. 252.

Upper Amazons, occurring sparingly in company with other species
on the borders of the forest, and settling in muddy places. The species
appears to vary in the width of the white belt: Fabricius describes
it as “ broad” in Surinam specimens; in Amazonian examples it is
narrower than in 7’. Orstlochus; and specimens from Bolivia in the
British Museum show a much reduced width. 7’. Catulus (Felder)
from Ecuador seems to be a distinct but closely allied form.

122. Timetes Egina, n.sp. (PI. X. fig. 1.)

6. Expanse 2” 2”. Above, very similar to T. Chiron. Fore wing less
produced at the apex; hind wing destitute of anal lobe. Wings, above,
tawny brown; apical third of fore wing dark brown, with the colour in-
distinctly limited on the inner side, and having a curved row of three
dingy-white spots: they are crossed by numerous dark-brown stripes,—
namely, three, slender, over the fore-wing cell, the outermost of which
extends to the hind wing (and is there followed by another shorter line) ;
three, broad, tapering from the fore-wing costa to the hind-wing anal
margin ; and two more, slender and submarginal, continuous only on the
hind wing, being lost in the apical brown colour of the fore wing. Near
the anal angle of the hind wing are three brown ocelli with black pupils.
The anal angle is emarginated, and the lower angle of the emargination
is tipped with red. Beneath, almost identical with 7. Chrethon, being
lilacine-white, with numerous tawny streaks, one of which, straighter and
thicker than the rest, crosses both wings from the middle of the fore-wing
costa to near the anal angle.

Q. Expanse 2” 2’. Similar to the male, but paler in hue; apical part
of the fore wing with a row of five rather large white spots, the third of
which lies nearer the base than the other four. Towards the apex are
also two much smaller white spots. Beneath, same as in the male.

Upper Amazons; rare. In company with 7. Chrethon.

D) iy

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123. Timetes Tutelina, Hewitson.
Timetes Tutelina, Wewits. Exot. Butt. Tim. f. 5,3.
This elegant species was abundant at St. Paulo, on the Upper
Amazons, settling on the sandy margins of brooks in the heart of the
forest. I saw it once also at Ega.

124. Timetes Norica, Hewitson.
Timetes Norica, Hewits. Exot, Butt. Tim. f. 3, ¢, f. 4,9.

Ega, Upper Amazons. Recorded by Dr. Felder as found also on
the Upper Rio Negro.

Genus Hrrrrocnroa (Boisd.).
Westwood, in Doubld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 276.

This genus is the representative of Zimenitis of the Old World
and north temperate parts of the New World. The species have the
same habits and a similar bold, sailing manner of flight. There is no
structural difference between them; but the different style of colora-
ration presented by the two groups warrants their generic separation.
About forty-seven species of Heterochroa have been described, and
about thirty-two of Limenitis. The only species which seem inter-
mediate between the two genera are H. Bredowii and H. Lorquinii,
both natives of California.

125. Heterochroa Thoasa, Hewitson.
Heterochroa Thoasa, Hewits. Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist, vol. vi. n. s.
p- 436, pl. xi. f. 6.

A rare and beautiful little species, approaching in its colours the
Pyrrhogyre. I met with it only on the Lower Amazons—at Para,
on the banks of the Tapajos, and at Villa Nova. Like all the other
members of the genus, it is a forest insect, emerging only in sunny
places to settle on moist places on the ground, whence, if disturbed,
it ascends rapidly to the summit of trees.

126. Heterochroa Celerio, Bates. (Pl. XIII*. fig. 4.)

Papilio Iphicla, Cramer, 188 §, F (nee Jphicla Linn. et Clerck.).
Heterochroa Celerio, Bates, Entomologist’s Monthly Mag. vol.i. p. 127.
This species was described, in the place quoted, from examples
captured by Mr. Salvin in Guatemala. It is found sparingly through-
out the Amazons region, and probably in most other parts of Tropical
America. The nearest allied species described is H. Serpa of Bois-
duval, from which it differs in the green tinge of the pale belt of the

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wings and in other minor points. Since describing it, I have carefully
compared my Amazonian specimens with the figure given by Cramer
as representing the Papilio Iphicla of Linnzus, and find them to
agree very closely, except that Cramer’s figure does not give sufficient
depth to the green tinge of the pale belt of the wings. Cramer mis-
took his insect for the Linnean Jphicla, which is represented in
Clerck’s ‘ Icones,’ and is quite a distinct species.

127. Heterochroa Paraéna, un. sp.

Q. Expanse 2” 9’, Similar, above, to H. Serpa, Boisd. (Species Gén.
pl. 8. f.4. Shape of the wings the same, and white belt of the same hue ;
the latter, however, extends only to the second branch of the median
nervure, and the inner side of the orange spot covers most of the space
between the second and third median branches, which in H. Serpa is
occupied by the termination of the white belt. The cell of the fore wing
has a red belt, and a streak of the same colour at the base. The hind
wing has three blackish stripes along the brown outer limb, the inner
one, or that which borders the white belt, being of great width—four times
as wide as the middle stripe. Beneath, the characteristic marks of the
cell are the same as in HZ. Serpa and H. Celerio, except that there is no red
belt across the end of the cell. The black streak which lies beyond the
cell is very broad, and encloses two white spots. The outer border of the
fore wing has indistinct dingy-white spots, and a thin, dusky submarginal
line, but there are no longitudinal dusky streaks between the nervures.
Hind wing of the same general pattern as in H. Serpa and H. Celerio; the
rufous belts are of a darker rufous hue, and their black edgings are broad,
especially the inner edging of the outer belt, which is of great width.
The outer limb of the wing is greyish white, and the nervures not tinged
with black.

This species occurred at Para only.

128. Heterochroa Iphicla, Linneus.

Papilio Iphicla, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 784, n. 181.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 41. f. 3.

A common insect on the banks of the Upper Amazons and the

Tapajos, settling in moist places on the banks of streams ; also seen
flying about the summits of trees in sunny parts of the forest.

129. Heterochoa Basilea, Cramer.
Papilio Basilea, Cram. 188 D.
This species is very closely allied to H. Iphicla of Linnzus. It
differs, on the under side, in the grey markings at the end of the
fore-wing cell consisting of a single row of three wedge-shaped

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spots lying lengthwise, instead of forming a double row of spots, and
in the arcuated rufous stripe on the inner side of the central stripe
being simple instead of consisting of two rufous lines. The fulvous
spot of the fore wing differs in shape from that of H. [phicla, being
curved outwards. In the only example I have before me it is followed
by a small fulvous spot near the apex.

Ega*.

130. Heterochroa Lerna, Hewitson.
Heterochroa Lerna, Hewits. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. p. 259,
pl. 20. f. 4.

This fine species has the form and strength of thorax of an Apatura.
I found it sparingly on the Upper Amazons, in sunny places in the
forest.

131. Heterochroa Erotia, Hewitson.
Heterochroa Erotia, Hewits. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. p. 258,
pl. 20. f. 3.
A common insect in the forest on the Upper and Lower Amazons.
I have seen specimens from New Granada which do not differ from
Amazonian examples.

132. Heterochroa Nea, Hewitson.
Heterochroa Nea, Hewits. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. pl. 20. f. 1.
This species has hitherto been found only at Para.

133. Heterochroa Melona, Hewitson.
Heterochroa Melona, Hewits. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. pl. 20. £.2.
Banks of Lower Amazons, in thinned woods, in company with
H, Cytherea.

* Another allied form belonging to the Zphicla group of Heterochroa is the
following :—

Heterochroa Basiloides (Boisd. MS.).

9. Expanse 2” 8”. Similar on the upper side to H. Iphicla. White belt
less green in hue, and extending on the fore wing to the lower radial nervure,
followed by a white spot lying between the lower and the upper radials. The
fulyous spotis similar in shape to that of H. Zphicla, but it is not prolonged infe-
riorly. Beneath, the fore wing does not differ from that of H. Iphicla, except
in the extension of the white belt, and the absence of the dusky-brown streak
between the white belt and the submarginal lines. The hind wing, Jeneath, differs
from H. Iphicla and all the allied forms in having a small spot at the end of the
cell, between the central rufous belt and the arcuated streak : both the arcuated
streak and the spot are formed of dark rufous lines.

Mexico.

of the Amazon Valley. 333

134. Heterochroa Cocala, Cramer.
Papilio Cocala, Cram. 242 F, &.
A common species throughout the Amazons region, on the borders
of broad paths in the forest, flying over the lower trees.

135. Heterochroa Plesaure, Hiibner.
Heterochroa Plesaure, Hiibn. Zutrage, f. 251, 2.
Nymphalis Phliassa, Godart, Ene. Méth. ix. p. 375, n. 78.
Also a common species in the forest, especially at Para and on the
banks of the Lower Amazons.

136. Heterochroa Cytherea, Linnzus.

Papilio Cytherea, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 785, n. 210.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 39. f. 3.
—— Elea, Cramer, 242 D, E.

The most widely distributed and abundant species of the genus
in Tropical America. It occurs throughout the year; flying over
bushes and the lower trees in sunny places in the forest and in
thinned woods. The species which Cramer mistook for the H. Cy-
therea of Linnzeus, and which he figured in his plate 276 ¢, p, is a
distinct species. It appears not to be the same as H. [phicla of Lin-
neus, although Westwood, in Doubleday and Hewitson’s ‘ Genera,’
places it as a synonym.

137. Heterochroa Mesentina, Cramer.
Papilio Mesentina, Cramer, 162 B, c, ¢ (1779).
Mesenteria, Fab. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 105 (1781).

The female of this handsome species, which is much rarer than the
male, differs from its partner, besides its paler colour, in the presence
of a dingy-white belt on the hind wing, crossing the end of the cell,
and not reaching the abdominal border. The males resort to muddy
places on the margins of streams. he species is widely distributed
in the Amazons region, and is found also at Surinam.

Genus Apatura, Fabricius and Authors.

138. Apatura Agathina, Cramer.
Papilio Agathina, Cram. 167 £, F, 3.
Agathina, Hiibner, Zutr. f. 765, 766, 3.
The female of this species resembles the insect figured by Hubner
(Zutr. f. 617, 618) as Dowocopa Marse, which, according to Mr.
Westwood (Dbld. & Hewits. Gen.), is the female of Apatura Vacuna

334 Mr.-H. W. Bates on the Nymphaline

of South Brazil. I obtained two specimens only, and these differ in
the colour of the broad belt of the fore wing; in one example this
is white, and in the other tawny orange. They both agree in the
markings of the under side, and these leave no doubt as to their
belonging to this species. The characteristic marks crossing the cell
of the fore wing are sure guides in the determination, A. Agathina,
in both sexes, having the cell of a reddish hue, crossed by four black
stripes, the last lying a little beyond its termination. The males are
common on the Upper Amazons, but the females are extremely rare.

139. Apatura Selina, n. sp.

3. Expanse 2” 4". Fore-wing apex moderately produced and broadly
truncate, outer margin moderately incurved and dentate; hind wing with
the outer margin scarcely rounded, dentate, produced into a dentiform
lobe at the first median branch. Wings, above, dark brown, crossed by a
discoidal common white belt, which on the fore wing passes a little beyond
the median nervure ; nearer the apex of the fore wing lies a tawny-orange
spot, distant from the white belt and touching the costa, and sinuate on
its outer edge; outer limb of the wings traversed by two black lines; at
the anal angle of the hind wing is a reddish spot, and, near it, the submar-
ginal black line is bordered with grey: cell of fore wing crossed by two
black lines. Costa of fore wing, near the apex, narrowly edged with
whitish. Beneath, the fore wing is pallid, with similar marks to those
above, and in addition there is an oblique, waved, black streak crossing
the wing beyond the cell; the white belt is edged outwardly with dusky.
The hind wing is silvery, with the white belt opake.

Q. Expanse 2” 8”. Same as the male, except that the white belt
is broader and, on the fore wing, tawny-orange, except near the hind
margin.

This species resembles A. Laura of Drury (Ill. 1. pl. 17. f.5, 6);
but it is destitute of blue gloss above, and the apex of the fore wing
is much less produced and more broadly truncate. It is more nearly
allied to A. Linda of Felder (Faun. Lep. R. Negro, Sup. no. 119); but
in the male of this species the discoidal belt of the fore wing is tawny-
orange, and continuous with the subapical spot of the same hue. It
may prove that we have here to deal with a species subject to great
local modification, especially with regard to the colour and extent
of the discoidal belt of the fore wing. I have a male example from
South Brazil (30° S. lat.) which agrees with Amazonian specimens,
except that it has this belt fulvous-coloured on the fore wing, but
not continuous with the subapical spot as in A. Linda. A. Selina
was a common insect on the Upper Amazons, and all the specimens
I have examined are conformable to the description given above.

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Genus AganistH0s, Boisduval et Leconte, Icon, Lép. Amér. Sept.

140. Aganisthos Orion, Fabricius.
Papilio Orion, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 485. 185 (1775).
Danaé, Cramer, 84 a, B (1779).

A widely distributed insect in Tropical and Subtropical America,
being found from Florida to South Brazil. As might be supposed
from the great volume of the thorax, it is an insect of extremely
rapid flight. I have seen it only in open, sunny places in the
neighbourhood of towns.

141. Aganisthos Cadmus, Cramer.
Papilio Cadmus, Cram. 22 a, B (1779).
Pherecydes, Cram. 380 a, B.
—— Acheronta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. m1. i. 76. 239 (1793).

This species was placed by Westwood in the genus Megistanis.
In all essential points of structure it agrees with Aganisthos, differing
only in the possession of a tail or slender pointed lobe on the outer
border of the hind wing.

Genus Prerona (Boisd.),
Westwood, in Dbldy. & Hewits. Gen. p. 299.

142. Prepona Demodice, Godart.
Nymphalis Demodice, Godt. Enc. Méth. ix. 408. 193.
Prepona Demodice, Boisd. Species Gén. pl. 7. f. 18.
Papilio Demophon 2, Linn., Cramer, 158 E.
Laértes, Hiibn. Sammi. Exot. Schm.

This species is widely distributed in the Amazons valley, but rare.
Like all the rest of the genus, it is a strong and swift flier, and has
the habit of settling on projecting naked branches of trees, main-
taining its place boldly, and therefore easily captured.

143. Prepona Eugenes, n. sp.

¢d. Expanse 3” 8’. Closely allied to P. Demodice. Fore wing not so
much produced at the apex, and outer border much less strongly incurved :
blue belt broad, and terminating at the median nervure of the fore wing ;
but the blue spots existing near the costa in the typical P. Demodice are
entirely wanting. Abdominal border of the males furnished with a stellate
fascicle of pale hairs, as in all the species of this section. Beneath,
P. Eugenes differs from P. Demodice in the ground-colour being through-
out of an ochreous or pale-brownish tawny hue, ornamented with shining
ochrey-white spots, in the following order—one at the end of each cell,
and several placed irregularly in a row from the costa of the fore wing
across the disks of both wings, nearly to the abdominal border of the hind

336 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinz

wing ; the bases of the costal borders of both wings are also silky ochreous
white. The wings haye numerous black spots and crooked lines similar
to those of P. Demodice, but much more angular; the hind wing has two
large ocelli and a space between them, and the disk speckled with brown
on a pale ground.

Of this species I have two examples, exactly similar—one taken
at Para, and one at St. Paulo, on the Upper Amazons*.

144. Prepona Pheridamas, Cramer.
Papilio Pheridamas, Cram. 158 A, B.

This elegant species belongs to the section the males of which have
a stellate fascicle of pale hairs on the abdominal border of the hind
wings. It is generally distributed throughout the Amazons region,
but not common anywhere.

145. Prepona Meander, Cramer.
Papilio Meander, Cramer, 12 A, B.

The insect figured by Cramer, in the place here quoted, seems to
me to belong to a different species from the P. Amphimachus of
Fabricius, with which it has been considered by many authors as
identical. In P. Meander the outer halves of the wings beneath are
dark brown, with a minute white subcostal spot on the hind wings.
The Fabrician phrases, “ale... subtus... postice obscure cineree ;
posticis puncto majori albicante et septem parvis brunneis pupilla
alba,’ does not suit the Cramerian species, but applies exactly to the
one to which I confine the name Amphimachus. P. Meander differs

* Prepona Pylene, Hewitson (Exot. Butt. Prep. f. 3. 5), is another species of
the Demodice group, and the following makes a fifth form of the same subsection
of the genus :—

Prepona Gnorima.

¢@. Same size and form as P. Demodice, the fore-wing apex being greatly pro-
duced, as in that species, and the outer margin strongly incurved. Blue belt only
one-half the width of that of P. Demodice ; costal spots absent, but inner side of
the belt of fore wing glossed with rich dark blue extending to the costa. The
ground-colour of the wings is much lighter than in P. Demodice; consequently
the hind-wing ocelli shine through to the upper surface. Beneath, similar to
P. Demodice, the basal halves of the wings being whitish, and the outer halves
brown; there is, however, no tawny patch on the fore wing, and the angulated
black line which crosses the fore wing beyond the cell is not continuous, and the
separate black lines of which it is composed have each on their external sides a
whitish spot. The irregularly curved black line towards the outer margin of the
same wing is connected with the exterior row of oval rings, so as to form with
them a single line with loop-like projections.

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of the Amazon Valley. 307

from P. Amphimachus constantly in the much darker hue of the outer
halves of the wings beneath, and in the presence of a paler outer
border to the fore wing, separated from the dark-brown hue by a
line nearly parallel to the margin. In the species which I take to
be P. Amphimachus the outer halves of the wings, beneath, are of a
much lighter brown hue, and there is no paler border to the fore
wing, but, instead of this, a dusky line strongly angular towards the
apex.
Upper and Lower Amazons; not very common.

146. Prepona Amphimachus, Fabricius.
Papilio Amphimachus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 457, n. 59.

This is a very common species throughout the Amazons region.
The larva, which resembles much in form that of Apatura Iris, is of
a uniform olive-green colour. The pupa is broad, smooth, and very
protuberant in the middle of the dorsal part of the abdomen.

147. Prepona Demophon, Linneus.
Papilio Demophon, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 753. 47.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 29. f. 3, 4.
Sisyphus, Cramer, 158 c.
— Thalpius, Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schm.

A common insect throughout the Amazons region.

148. Prepona Amphitoé, Godart.
Nymphalis Amphitoé, Godt. Enc. Méth, ix. 407. 190.

Closely allied to P. Demophon, but different in the pale-ashy hue of the
underside and the form of the transverse black line, which consists of
short lines, each of which is angulated in the interspaces between the
nervures.

Generally distributed in the Amazons region, but much less com-
mon than P. Demophon.

149. Prepona Lycomedes, Cramer.
Papilio Lycomedes, Cramer, 158 v.
Rare; Ega, Upper Amazons.

Genus Aerras, Dbldy. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 46.

150. Agrias Sardanapalus, Bates.

Agrias Sardanapalus, Bates, Proc. Entom. Soc. Lond. April 1860.
——, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. Agr. f. 4.

This magnificent insect is one of the most richly coloured of the

338 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinze

whole order of Lepidoptera. I met with it at different points on the
Upper Amazons ; always in sunny openings in the primeval forests,
in hot, gleamy weather between the dry and the wet seasons. Its
evolutions on the wing are similar to those of the Prepone, and it is
utterly impossible to capture it except when settled. The first ex-
amples I saw were attracted by a sweet sap exuding from the trunk
of a felled tree, where a large number of Cetoniade Coleoptera were
daily congregated. A dense crowd of other handsome butterflies was
assembled on the same tree—Prepone, Paphice, Siderones, Gyncecie,
Ectine, and others; but the frequent shifting of the eager creatures
had rendered the gorgeous Agriades unusually wary, so that I was
unable to capture them. When found alone, settled on ordure in
the pathway, they were less difficult to secure; but it was only on
three or four occasions, during as many years, that I was so lucky
as to find the species in such situations. Agrias Sardanapalus is
closely related to A. Claudia, a rare species inhabiting Southern
Brazil. The two, indeed, may be considered as local forms of one and
the same stock ; the Amazonian variety, however, surpasses its South
Brazilian cousin in splendour.

151. Agrias Phalcidon, Hewitson.
Agrias Phalcidon, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Agrias, f. 1, 2.

I found this species only in one locality—namely, at Villa Nova,
on the Lower Amazons. In the rear of this village the forest is
traversed by broad alleys, overarched only at rare intervals by trees.
The sides of the alleys form lofty walls of varied greenery, the
favourite resort of many handsome species. Agrias Phalcidon de-
lights to settle on projecting branches, at a height of from 15 to
20 feet from the ground; and to obtain it I was obliged to lash my
net to a long pole. When settled it was easy to capture, and so in
the course of three or four months I obtained a fine series of ex-
amples. In colour it resembles much Callithea Leprieurti, a common
insect in the same locality.

152. Agrias Pericles, Bates.
Agrias Pericles, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc. London, April 1860,
, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. Agr. f. 3.
One example only, taken at Villa Nova, in company with A. Phal-
cidon. It differs from this species only in the colours of the upper
surface of the wings.

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153. Agrias Hewitsonius, Bates.
Agrias Hewitsonius, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. April 1860.
, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. Agr. f. 1, 2.

Ega, Upper Amazons; very rare. I took both sexes of this very
distinct species. The female does not differ in colours from the
male, and both bear a striking resemblance to Callithea Markit and
C. Batesvi of the same locality.

Genus Mretsrants (Boisd.),
Westwood, in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 311.

This genus is the nearest approach found in the New World to
Charawes of the Old. It differs strikingly in the subcostal neuration
of the anterior wing.

154. Megistanis Beotus (Boisd.), Westwood.
Megistanis Beotus, Westwood, in Dbldy. & Hewits. Gen. pl. 48. f. 2.

Very abundant on the Upper Amazons, from Ega westward to the
slopes of the Andes. It makes its appearance at the commencement
of the dry season in June, on fine days flying in numbers about the
moist sediment left by the retreating waters of the river. Its flight
is excessively rapid and wild, and when settled it is very wary and
difficult to approach.

155. Megistams Deucalion, Bates.
Megistanis Deucalion (Bates), Felder, Lepid. Fragmente, p. 58.

This species is the constant companion of M. Beotus on the Upper
Amazons, occurring in the same places and in the same abundance.
I think there can be no doubt of its being a distinct species. The
females of both are unknown ; but this is scarcely a matter for sur-
prise, as the same is the case with many species of Catagramma and
other genera of similar modes of life.

Genus Hypna (Hiibner),
Westwood, in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 314.

156. Hypna Clytemnestra, Cramer.
Papilio Clytemnestra, Cramer, 137 a, B (1779).
, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 93. 406 (1781).
Generally distributed throughout the Amazons valley. It flies on
the borders of the forest, settling on projecting branches of trees.

340 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinze

Genus Papura (Fab.),
Westwood, in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 317.

157. Paphia Eribotes, Fabricius.
Papilio Eribotes, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 484. 183 (1775).
Leonida, Cramer, 388 8, F (?) (1782).

If the figure of Cramer, quoted above, is intended to represent the
species which passes under the name of Hribotes, Fab., and agrees
with his description, it is a very bad one; the other figure given on
the same plate (f. c, p), as being the male of the same species, repre-
sents, probably, a different one, but it is so bad as to be indeter-
minable. Godart, from his description, confounds two distinct species
under the head of NV. Eribotes. The true Hribotes is a common insect
in the woods of Para. The male (the sex described by Fabr.) is of
a rusty orange-colour, with the bases of both wings glossy violet-
blue. The outer margin of this basal colour on the fore wing is
oblique, and far from being continuous with that of the hind wing
(as represented in Cramer), and on the hind wing the colour con-
tinues to near the anal angle. The fore wing has a blackish patch
on the costa a little beyond the cell, and the costa and apex are
rather broadly black. The fore wing is falcate, the apex being a
little produced and pointed, and the outer margin incurved from the
apex to beyond the middle. The hind edge is deeply excised.

Q. The female is of a dull slaty-black hue, with the base of the wings
broadly tinged with light blue; towards the apex of the fore wing there
is a short, waved costal belt of a dingy-whitish hue. It differs from the
same sex of the allied species in having the outer margin of the fore wing
slightly incurved, and in the under surface having several rather distinct
patches of a blackish hue.

158. Paphia Porphyrio, n. sp.

¢. Expanse 2” 6”. Fore wing very moderately falcate, and outer
border very slightly incurved; hind margin with a deep, semicircular
emargination: hind wing with a linear or slightly pointed tail. Wings,
above, rusty brown, with their bases tinged with bluish to an indetermi-
nate extent; most examples have also an indistinct, oblique, twin costal
spot, of a bluish colour, towards the apex. Hind wing with a minute
ocellus at the base of the tail. Beneath, light brownish ferruginous,
sprinkled with pearly atoms, some of which unite and form an oblique
stripe from the fore-wing apex, and two shorter transverse ones near the
middle and hind border of the hind wing. The hind wing, besides the
ocellus at the base of the tail, has two or three other very minute ocelli.

Q. Fore wing with the apex acute, but the outer margin not at all
incurved. Both wings, above, rusty brown, with the base bluish; costal

——

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subapical spot of fore wing forming a short belt of a greyish hue. Tails
of hind wing broad and subspatulate. Beneath, pale greyish, irrorated
with dusky; a row of small submarginal ocelli on the hind wings.

This species is closely allied to P. Morvus of Fabricius, but it is
distinguished by the ferruginous hue of the limb of the wings, above,
and of the whole under surface. It resembles much P. Otrere of
Hiibner. It is a very common species in the woods of Pard and the
Lower Amazons. I have examined a great number of specimens, and
find them to agree pretty closely with each other and the description
here given. I have not much doubt that this is the species con-
templated by Cramer in his figure of P. Leonida given in pl. 388.
fig. c,D; but the fore wing is represented as faleate to a very high
degree—a character which our species does not present; it is there-
fore unadvisable to apply Cramer’s name to the species.

159. Paphia Morvus, Fabricius.
3. Papilio Morvus, Fab. Syst. Ent. 484. 184 (1775).
, Fab. Syst. Ent. 1. i. 73. 227.
—— Arachne, Cramer, 48 a, B (?) (1779).
Q. —— Laértes, Cramer, 73-0, D (1779).

This species agrees very well in colours with the figure given by
Cramer ; but it differs in having the fore-wing inner margin deeply
emarginate (a character given in the Fabrician diagnosis), the
emargination in the Cramerian figure being very slight. The wings
in the male are, above, deep bluish black, with a rather well-limited
blue basal spot, especially in the fore wing. The fore wing is mode-
rately faleate, the emargination is rather shallower than in P. Por-
phyrio, and the tails are sublinear and pointed. Beneath, the wings
are of a glossy dark-brown hue, sprinkled with whitish atoms, and
streaked as in P. Porphyrio.

This is also a very common species in various parts of the Lower
and Upper Amazons. It varies considerably in the number and size
of the subapical blue spots of the fore wing. P. Iphis (Latr.), with
which Godart confounded it, is distinguished by the spatulate form
of the tails in the males.

160. Paphia Basilia, Cramer.
Papilio Basiha, Cramer, 329, v.
Upper Amazons, at St. Paulo; rare.
The fore-wing hind margin is slightky emarginated, and the species
has many points of resemblance to P. Morvus, notwithstanding the
minute size of the tails.

342 Mr. H: W. Bates on the Nymphalinze

161. Paphia Odiha, Cramer.
Palio Odilia, Cramer, 329 ¢, dD.
Upper Amazons, Ega, and St. Paulo; rare.

162. Paphia Leuctra, Felder.
Nymphalis Leuctra, Feld. Lep. R. Negro, Sup. no. 134.
Ega and St. Paulo, Upper Amazons; two examples only. Dr.
Felder’s unique example of this peculiar species was received from
the Upper Rio Negro.

163. Paphia Glauce, Bates. (Pl. XIII*. fig. 2.)
Nymphalis Glauce (Bates), Felder, Lep. R. Negro, Sup. no, 132.

In this species there is no trace of emargination on the hind
margin of the fore wing. The base of the wings and the spots are
of a glossy greenish-leaden hue.

Common at St. Paulo, Upper Amazons.

164. Paphia Glaucone, Felder.
Nymphalis Glaucone, Feld, Lep. R. Negro, Sup. no, 155.
Intermediate in colours, both above and beneath, between P.
Morvus and P. Glauce. One example, St. Paulo.

165. Paphia Phidile, Hiibner.
P. Phidile, Wibn. Zutr. f. 905-6.
I found this species only at Cametd, on the Tocantins: it is a
well-known South Brazilian insect.

166. Paphia Erythema, n. sp.

do. Expanse 2” 4’. Fore wing pointed; outer margin nearly straight
or scarce perceptibly incurved; hind margin simple; hind wing tailless,
a minute point indicating the situation of the tail. Wings, above, orange-
tawny, with a rich purple gloss in certain lights; fore wing with the
outer third black, the inner edge of the black colour forming a regular
curve; in the middle of the apical part is a short orange-tawny belt.
Hind wing rather darker and more purple in hue, with two blackish
streaks near the middle of the costa, and a dusky outer limb. Beneath,
very similar to P. Phidile, being pale tawny-ferruginous, minutely irro-
rated with rusty brown, and having a few obscure transverse streaks
alternately darker and lighter on the hind wing; the latter has a row of
minute ocelli.

@. Expanse 2’ 9’, Wings of the same shape as in the male, except
that the hind wing has a rather long spatulate tail, the apex of which is

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dilated obliquely outwards. The colours are the same; but the upper side
has no purple gloss, and the irroration beneath is much coarser.

Upper Amazons, at St. Paulo; very rare.

Genus SIDERONE.

167. Siderone Marthesia, Cramer.
Papilio Marthesia, Cramer, 191 a,B, 2.

Cramer’s figure of Papilio Marthesia is evidently made from an
imperfect specimen, in which a great part of the hind wing was torn ;
for it does not represent the deep emargination of the abdominal
apical margin, and the direction and colour of the row of spots are
wrong; the line of spots in perfect examples bends towards the
anal angle, and the colour is bluish. I found two examples near
Santarem, and believe the insect to be the female of a fine scarlet
male resembling the well-known S. Jde. The following is a descrip-
tion of the male :—

6. Expanse 3". Closely resembling in form and colours S. Ide (Fabr.).
Hind wing less rounded outwards, and apex of fore wing destitute of
tawny spot. Above, deep rich black; fore wing with a basal spot and
submedian belt, and hind wing with a discoidal stripe a little beyond the
middle, rich scarlet; anal margin of the hind wing, and a curved, sub-
marginal row of spots, bluish grey. Beneath, the same as in the female
(Cramer, fig. B); fore wing rather darker, and clouded with rufous towards
the base.

Ega, Upper Amazons. I have seen specimens also from Cayenne
in Dr. Boisduval’s Collection.

168. Siderone Mars, Bates.
Siderone Mars, Bates, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1860.
, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. Sid. f. 3, 4.

I took one example only of this superb species. St. Paulo, Upper
Amazons.

169. Siderone Isidora, Cramer.
Papilio Isidora, Cram. 235 a, B, EF, F (dQ).
Itys, Cram. 119 F, & (var. @ ).
Generally distributed throughout the Amazons region, in thinned
parts of the forest. Both sexes appear to be very unstable in the
form of the wings (degree of falcation, &c.) and in markings.

170. Siderone Zethus, Westwood.
Siderone Zethys, Westwood, Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 321, note.

Para. This seems to be distinct from S. Isidora, being smaller,
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344 Mr. H. W. Bates ‘on the Nymphaline

and having the fore wings, underneath, in the male dark tawny
rufous, coarsely speckled with dark brown.

Genus Proroconius (Hiibn.),
Westwood in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. p. 3138.

171. Protogonius Fabius, Cramer.
Papilio Fabius, Cram. 90 c, p (1779).
—— Hippona, Fab. Ent. Syst. m1. i. 180, 559 (1793).
Similar in its habits to Hypna. Found flying near the borders of
the forest, and settling on extended branches with its wings closed
perpendicularly.

Group Morruire.

Genus Morrno (Fab.),
Westw. in Dbld. & Hewits. Gen. p. 337.

172. Morpho Hecuba.

Papilio Hecuba, Linn. Mant. 584.
, Cramer, 217 a, B.

I saw many examples of this species at Obydos, on the Guiana
side of the Lower Amazons, sailing at a great height across sunny
spaces between the tree-tops in the forest, and consequently un-
attainable during the short time I spent at the place. It is a well-
known Guiana species, being found at Surinam and Demerara.

173. Morpho Cisseis, Bates.
Morpho Cisseis (Bates), Felder, Lep. Frag. p. 59, t. 11. f. 1 (1860).
—— Lgyptus, E. Deyrolle, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1860, p. 210 (1860).
This grand species takes the place of M. Hecuba on the southern
bank of the Amazons. I captured many specimens at Villa Nova
and Ega, at both which places it was abundant during nearly the
whole year. It has the same habits as MM. Hecuba.

174. Morpho Telemachus, Cramer.
Papilio Telemachus, Cram. 373 A, B.

At Obydos and Manaos, on the Rio Negro; also atSurinam. Both
sexes are of a greyish hue in the centre of the wing.

175. Morpho Menelaus, Linneeus.
Papilio Menelaus, Linn. Mus. Lud. Uly. p. 200, 3.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 21. f. 1.
————--——, Oramer, 2 Ay E:

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Papilio Nestor, Linn. 8. N. ii. 752. n. 40, 2.
——, Cram. 194, B.

A very common insect in the forests of Pard and the Lower
Amazons, as far as the mouth of the Madeira. It has a low flight,
moving quickly along the alleys cut through the moist woods, and
settling on leaves or on the ground where fruit has fallen.

176. Morpho Nestira, Hubner.
P. Nestira, Hiibn. Samm. exot. Schmett. 3.

This is distinguished from M. Menelaus by the broadish black
border to the fore wings in the male, and the black base of the wings
in the female. It is a local form of the same stock, and entirely re-
places M. Menelaus in the forests of the Upper Amazons, where it is
very abundant.

177. Morpho Achilles, Linneeus.
Papilio Achilles, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 211.
, Clerck, Icones, t. 24. f. 3, 4.
Morpho Achilles, Guenée, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 369.
Papilio Helenor, Cramer, 86 A, B.
, Cramer, 373 c (aberration).

Still more common than M. Menelaus, and found everywhere in
the forests of the Amazons, and at all seasons. It has similar habits
to those of WM. Menelaus. A few examples occurred near Para, in
which the blue colour extended to the base of the wings, so that
they were scarcely distinguishable from the local form M. Helenor
(Herbst & Guenée) of Southern Brazil.

178. Morpho Deidamia, Hiibner.
Morpho Deidamia, Hubner, Verzeichniss bekannt. Schmett.
—— ——, Guenée, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. 372.
Papilio Achilles, Cramer, 27 a, B, 28 A.

I met with this elegant species only at Pard, where it was rare.
The female agrees with the male in colours; and in both the base of
the wings is blue, although of a darker shade than on the disk. The
habits and mode of flight are the same as in M. Menelaus and M.
Achilles.

179. Morpho Neoptolemus, n. sp.

Similar to M. Deidamia. Fore wing less produced, and pointed at the
apex. ‘The under side is the same, with the exception that the anal ocellus
is geminated, there being two black pupils with white centre points, sur-
rounded by the common yellow iris. The upper side differs in the basal

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346 On the Nymphalinse of the Amazon Valley.

third of the fore wing and the whole abdominal limb of the hind wing
being deep black in both sexes.

This is a local form of the same stock as M. Deidamia, entirely
replacing the latter form in the western parts of the Amazons valley,
beginning at Villa Nova, near the mouth of the Madeira. In my
own collection and that of the British Museum.

180. Morpho Uraneis, n. sp.

3. Expanse 5”. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched, apex
pointed, outer margin slightly and regularly incurved, hind angle distinct
but obtuse: hind wing regularly rounded outwards, and not produced at
the anal angle, abdominal edge straight. Above, of a pale satiny or
silvery blue, with the apex of the fore wing black, the black part deeply
trisinuate on its inner edge; two whitish spots on the costa beyond the
cell of the fore wing: hind wing with two very narrow black spots at
the termination of the abdominal nervure and the first median branch.
Beneath, pale tawny buff, with several transverse whitish belts, two of
which, broader and more distinct than the rest, cross the cells of both
wings. Fore wing with three, and hind wing with two ocelli, having
white pupils and orange-tawny irides, edged on each side with black.
Anal angle of the hind wing with two black spots in the same situation
as those of the upper side, but surmounted by two short blackish lines.

This extremely beautiful and peculiar species of Morpho was not
an uncommon insect in the forest of Ega, at the commencement of
the rainy season, from December to April; but its extremely lofty
flight prevented me from obtaining more than two examples, one of
which is now in the British Museum collection, and one in my own.
It resembles somewhat M. Eugenia (E. Deyrolle, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.
1860, p. 209) of Cayenne, but differs in the rounded form of the
hind wing and in other particulars.

181. Morpho Rhetenor, Cramer.

Papilio Rhetenor, Cramer, 15 4, B, 3.
Andromachus, Cramer, 56 A,B, 2.

Found throughout the Amazons region, from Pard to Ega. Its
flight is very lofty, so that it is extremely difficult to capture. It
delights in the broad alleys of the forest, sailing along them from
end to end at a height of from 20 to 50 feet from the ground.

Rey. T. A. Marshall on new Species of Eumolpide. 347

XXV.—Eumolpidarum Species nove.
By the Rev. T. A. Marswat.

Genus PsrvpocoLasPIs.
Laporte, Silb. Rev. Entom. i. p. 23.
Thomson, Arch. Entom. ii. p. 214.

Genus a natura ipsa luculenter expressum, et distinctum satis. Species
plures Africane ; paucule tantum in Europa degunt, ezeque, ut fit, inter
statura minores. Libet hic, pro more nostro, descriptiones hucusque
editas, adjectis auctoritatibus, enumerare. P. cerulea, metallica, Lap.
l.c.; secunda etiam a Peters, Reise nach Mossambique, p. 388, laudata ;
timialithus, Thoms. ].c. pl. 3. fig. 8, punctato-lineata, aurichalcea, sculp-
tilis, Thoms. ibid.; Meurrayi, Baly, Journ. of Ent. vol. i. 1861, p. 197;
setosa, Lucas, Expl. Scient. de l’Algérie (Zool.), ii. p. 518, fig. color.
cum partibus oris, ete.; rubripes, Schaufuss, Ann. d. 1. Soc. Ent. d.
France, 1862 (sér. 4), t. ii. p. 311. Hisce speciebus partium in uni-
versum summa est affinitas; P. Murrayi et timialithus abludunt, illa
magnitudine abnormi et corporis glabritie, hac elytrorum colore.
Quatuor etiam species ex insulis Canariensibus celebrantur, sc. P.
divisa, dubia, splendidula, obscuripes, Wollaston, Catalogue of Canarian
Coleoptera, p. 394, de quibus, a me nondum visis, nihil proferre audeo.
P. cylindricam Hoffmans. (Kiist. Kaf. Eur. iv.92) femoribus inermibus,
Pachnephoris adscribo. De moribus nihil innotuit. Hoc genus haud
ita longe a Scelodonta Westwood distat: post Eumolpos genuinos
ambo proxime stabunt, certe in eadem legione militantes. Sed in
tanta specierum copia vix proderit lineam hic illic inconsulto ducere ;
auctore potius opus est qui rem totam uno tractu absolvat, et altiore
indagine persequatur. Nos interim, quantumvis inviti, absistimus,
utpote quibus nec otium nec vires ad tale opus suscipiendum sufficiant.

Pseudocolaspis sericata.

P. breviter oblonga, cylindrica, subdepressa, cuprea, parum nitida, pube
brevi adpressa (in elytris utrinque posterius crispata) cinerea vestita.—
Long. lin. 3.

Caput fronte strigosa, medio longitudinaliter impressa. Antennarum
articuli 1-6tum geneo-virides ; ceeteri fuscescentes. Thorax postice sub-
globosus, tumidus, densissime punctatus, punctis ad latera rotundis,
sensim discum versus longioribus, donec in medio rugze evadunt longi-
tudinales, irregulares, confertee. Elytra confuse punctulata, pubes-
centia, pube in strias quatuor obsoletas, apice convergentes, digesta ;
humeris fere nudis. Corpus subtus cum pedibus cupreum, nitidius-
culum.

Hab. Bone Spei promontorium. In coll. Rey. H. Clark.

348 Rey. T. A. Marshall on new Species of Eumolpide.

Pseudocolaspis haliporphyra.

P. cerulee Wap. persimilis. Purpurea, viridi et czeruleo micans. Tho-
rax transversus, basi et lateribus setulosus. Humeri aurati.—Long.
2-21 lin.

P. cerulee Lap. proxime affinis, at distincta et alia. Differt colore
purpureo, scutello et sutura eeneo-viridibus; thorace pedibusque plus
minus ceruleo vel viridi-zneis; thorace breviore, transverso, basi
tantum et lateribus parce setuloso; elytris punctato-striatis punctis
majoribus, postice haud angustatis, basi nudis, post medium parce
striatim setulosis, setulis erectis albidis. Callus humeralis aureolus.
Cetera omnino ut in P. cerulea. 9. 3 angustior, colore magis viridi.

Hab. Natal. In coll. Rev. H. Clark.

Pseudocolaspis aureovillosa.

P. cylindrica, elongata, lete viridis, metallica. Elytra postice densius
aureo-villosa. Antennarum articuli 2-6%™ rufo-picei, interdum rufi.
Pedes virides, villosii—Long. lin. 2-21; lat. hum, lin. 1.

Corpus totum fortius punctatum, preesertim in fronte; punctorum
interstitiis subtilissime aciculatis. Labrum leve, splendidum; oculi
rufi. Antennarum articulus 1™us viridis, metallicus, 2—6tum yufo-
picei, supra p. p. metallici, interdum toti rufi; clava nigra. Thorax
cylindricus, haud longior quam latior, antice angustatus, angulis subito
deflexis, supra inconspicuis, lateribus medio perparum rotundatis, basi
elytris angustior. Elytra thorace plus duplo longiora, parallela, apice
vix angustata, dorso et postice ubique rotundata, cylindrica. Pedes et
totum corpus tam supra quam infra villis longioribus, pallide aureis,
erinitum. Elytrorum villositas apicalis multo densior, sub ipsum
apicem quasi striatim disposita. In thoracis elytrorumque disco villos
nonnullos ceteris longiores videre est, nigricantes. Femora modice
incrassata.

Hab. Natal. In coll. Rey. H. Clark.

Adnot. P. setose Lucas simillima, nec facili negotio distinguenda. Differt
ante omnia canitie multo longiore et densiore, sericea, molli, nec breviter
setiformi: tum etiam capitis punctura fortiore, statura magis angusta,
thorace magis cylindrico, disco minus deplanato, antice angustato, parum
gibboso.

Pseudocolaspis senupurpurea.

P. nigro-cerulea, elytris purpureis ; parcissime et breviter setosa. Supra
planiuscula, elytris subquadratis. Thorax lateribus rotundatus, medio
antice subgibbosus. Antenne pedesque nigri—Long. lin. 2-25; lat.
hum. lin. 1.

Caput, thorax, elytra fortius punctata, punctis fere eequalibus; inter-
stitiis punctorum vix aciculatis. Labrum leve, splendidum. Oculi
rufi. Thorax transversus, medio perquam convexus, fere gibbosus,
antice angustatus et depressus, postice utrinque subdepressus, angulis
fere rectis. Elytra thorace plus duplo longiora, lata, disco subdepressa,

Rey. T. A. Marshall on new Species of Kumolpide. 349

purpurea, lateribus et apice parce setosa, setis brevibus, exstantibus.
Czetera fere glabra, aterrima, punctata. Femora fortiter incrassata,
dentibus conspicuis, obtusis.

a. Variat elytris nigro-ceruleis.

Hab. Natal. In coll. Rev. H. Clark.

Pseudocolaspis azurea.

P. brevis, crassa, viridi-cyanea, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus, femori-
bus ultra medium cyaneis; sterna et corpus subtus purpurea. Thorax
‘parum gibbosus, antice subattenuatus, dense punctatus, punctis ob-
longis. Elytra. parcius, subtilius et vix seriatim punctulata, postice
paulo latiora, haud setifera. Tibize posticse fortiter arcuatee.—Long.
lin. 12.

Hab. Senegambiam.

A P. haliporphyra differt brevitate et crassitie, pedibus antennisque rufis ;
etiam paulo minor. Ne cum P. cerulea Lap. confundas obstat tam
color et magnitudo quam totius corporis glabrities. A ceteris satis
distincta.

Pseudocolaspis puberula.

P. ovata, corpore crasso, thorace breviter cylindrico, antice angustato.
Supra obscure viridis, parum nitida, parce et longius pallido pubescens.
Antenne rufo-fuscee. Corpus subtus pedesque obscure cuprea. Femora
antica modo unidentata, modo inermia (accidit etiam ut femur dextrum
dentatum sit, alterum inerme). Tibize plus minus rufescentes.—Long.
lin. 23. ;

Hab. Bone Spei promontorium.

Species quoad faciem a ceteris abludens, quee tamen me judice vix genus
sibi proprium vindicare queat. Cf. etiam sub sequente,

Pseudocolaspis servula.

P. brevis, crassa, cum pedibus cupreo-metallica, antennis rufescentibus.
Supra tota punctulata, punctis non seriatis. Elytra postice brevissime
albido setulosa, lineis tribus longitudinalibus, parum distinctis, sub-
glabris, minus punctatis,—sepe obsoletis. Femora valde incrassata,
haud dentata.—Long. lin. 13. ‘

Hab. Bone Spei promontorium.

Species, ut videtur, communis, et satis facile a P. metallica Lap. discrimi-
nanda: imprimis propter femora edentata: thorax etiam brevior, haud
gibbosus: totum corpus minus cylindricum, brevius; statura minor ;
puncta subtiliora.

Sunt qui hane etiam speciem in suum sibi genus relegare velint. Ego
autem nec femorum meram dentationem aut simplicitatem per se genus
constituere posse arbitror, nec discrimina alia inveni nisi specifica.
Mediante hac specie deveniendum videtur in sectionem amplissimam
olim una cum his a nobis tractatis sub nomine Eubrachys Dej. ordi-
natam. Harum non ita paucas ad Colaspidema (Colaphum) pertinere

350 Rey. T. A. Marshall on new Species of Kumolpide.

suspicor. Que restant, in animo est mox sub genere Eubrachys (nomine
optime conficto) proponere.

Genus Crno.

Corpus elongatum, subdepressum, parallelum, dense villosum. Caput
maximum, thoraci fere magnitudine equale, thoraci ad oculos usque
insertum, supra planum, semiporrectum. Labrum fortiter transversum,
medio arcuatim emarginatum. Mandibule maxime, valide, capiti
dimidio longitudine eequales; sinistra longior; amb apice fortiter
bidentate. Antenne omnino ut in Pseudocolaspide. Thorax subqua-
dratus, antice leviter conyexus, transyersus, lateribus perparum rotun-
datus, basi vix bisinuatus, undique anguste marginatus. Seutellum
hemisphericum. lytra capite cum thorace vix longiora, hoc paulo
latiora, dorso deplanata, apice subito declivia, postice subangustata.
Corpus subtus omnino ut in Pseudocolaspide. Pedes femoribus eden-
tatis ; tbs rectis ; wnguiculis appendiculatis.

Genus Pseudocolaspidi germanum. ODiffert imprimis mandibularum et
capitis magnitudine ; thorace plano, subquadrato ; femoribus inermibus ;
tibiis rectis. Species unica mihi in promptu est:

Cyno mordicans.

C. obscure eenea, antennis mandibulisque rufis, harum apice nigro. Supra
tota irregulariter punctulata, ubique pube longa, adpressa, albicante
vestita: scutellum ante omnia densissinie villosum. Pedes femoribus
cupreis, nitidis ; tibiis rufis ; tarsis fuscis—Long. lin. 3-4.

N.B. Variat capitis magnitudine.

Hab. Africam meridionalem.

Genus Errpuyte, Baly.
Journ. of Ent. 1. 1864, p. 222.

Caput verticale, thoraci ad medios oculos insertum. Fyrons inter oculos
leviter foveolata. Oculi prominuli, oblongi, intus perparum sinuati.
Antenne corpore dimidio breviores, extrorsum crassiores, articulo 1°
crasso, oblongo, setifero; 2° plus duplo breviore, vix angustiore ; 3° ad
6um gracilibus, elongatis, 3° breviore quam 4¥s; 7°-11]™™ dilatatis, com-
pressis, apice utrinque setiferis, pubescentibus, clavam 5-articulatam
constituentibus. Palpi macillares articulo ultimo obtuse conico. Thorax
latus, transversus, disco subdeplanatus, modice convexus, lateribus mar-
ginatus, angulis anticis in denticulum brevissimum, obtusum, recurvum
productis. Scutellum parvum, oblongum, apice rotundatum. Elytra
thoracis basi perparum latiora, oblonga, convexa, postice vix angustata,
lateribus ad trientem usque parallelis. Femora antica subclavata,
subtus levissime tuberculata; intermedia et postica subclavata, mutica ;
tibie simplices ; tarsi postici elongati.

Inter species ab auctoribus tractatas video huc referendas esse Colaspidem
8-guttatam Oliv. 883, pl. 1. fig. 10, unipunctatam Oliv. 884, pl. 1.

Rev. T. A. Marshall on new Species of Kumolpide. 351

fig. 11, pallidam Oliv. 888, pl. 2. fig. 21, et imbatam Oliv. 884, pl. 2.
fig. 12. Ultimam non vidi. Verisimile tamen videtur E. circumeinctam
a me hic loci descriptam cum illa congruere. Sed quum nostra species
Olivierane vix ad amussim quadret, facere non potui quin ut novam
proferrem. Species omnes Americam meridionalem incolunt.

Eriphyle rufovittata.

E. rufo-fulva vel badia; elytra singula lituris duabus magnis, nigris, sub-
quadratis, vitta lata fulva interjecta discretis.—Long. lin. 34; lat. hum.
lin. 12.

Antennarum clava nigra. Oculi nigri. Mandibule apice fusce.
Corpus, preeter elytrorum lituras, rufo-fulvum, leve, subnitidum. Frons
fere impunctata, inter oculos, ad clypei basin, foveolata. Thorax utrin-
que subtilissime et vage punctulatus, disco fere impunctatus. Scu-
tellum rufo-fulvum. Elytra subtiliter, et, suturam juxta, striatim
punctulata, stria unica suturali ad apicem continua, ceteris obsoletis.
In utroque elytro lituree duze magnee nigre, quarum una, basalis, ter-
tiam partem disci obsidet, at nec suturam contingit, nec marginem ex-
teriorem ; eadem postice sinuatur, angulum exteriorem oblique precisa.
Litura posterior minor, ante apicem truncata, a nigredine humerali vitta
communi, transversali, rufo-fulva longius disjuncta. Pedes (cum ipsis
unguiculis) rufo-fulvi, concolores.

Hab. Ad Amazonum flumen. Inter collectanea Batesiana.

Eriphyle bipartita.
E. cyaneo-atra, capite et thorace rubris. Elytra striato-punctata, inter-
stitiis levibus, extrorsum subelevatis.—Long. lin. 383; lat. hum. lin. 13.
Preecedente longior, elytrorum costis et colore satis distincta. rons
vage punctata, a vertice ad antennarum insertionem usque profunde uni-
sulcata. Antennarum prelongarum articuli 1-4 fulvi, ceteri nigri.
Thorax subsplendidus, saturate ruber, nec, nisi lateribus, punctatus.
Elytra fortius seriatim punctata, punctorum striis geminatis, interstitiis
levibus et versus latera bis terque costatis. Czetera aterrima, supra
cyaneo micantia.
Hab. ?. In coll. Rev. H. Clark.

Eriphyle cireumeincta.

E. testacea, elytrorum basi late, marginibus anguste nigris.—Long. lin. 33 ;
lat. hum. lin. 13.

Statura et summa affinitas EZ. rufovittate. Testacea, pallida. Caput
inter oculos late trianguliter foveolatum, paulo densius punctulatum.
Antennarum articuli post quartum fusci. Oculi pallidi. Thorax levis,
splendidus; parce subtiliter, lateribus nonnihil densius punctulatus.
Scutellum testaceum, tenuiter nigro limbatum. Llytra leevia, nitida,
punctis equidistantibus, nec tamen seriatis, modice impressa. Fascia
lata basalis communis, cum elytrorum limbo undique angustiore, niger-
rima. Fascia basalis postice arcuata, plus semel leviter emarginata,

352 ° Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

prope suturam breviter in angulum porrecta, Limbus etiam elytrorum
proxime ad apicem subinterruptus: margo reflexus undique extra nigre-
dinem testaceus.

Hab. Cayenne.

Species, siqua alia, elegans et propter picturam distincta. Quum
tamen in his studiis colores ad animal definiendum vix per se sufficiant,
dubius heereo annon hee nostra species ad Colaspidem limbatam Oliv.
sit referenda. De hac re viderint qui plura specimina in manibus
habent. Si quis unam esse eandemque probaverit, ita mallem ipse.

Eriphyle rectilineata.

#. tota rufo-fulva, elytris striis octo longitudinalibus nigris.—Long. lin.
3-33; lat. hum. lin. 13-13.

Paulo crassior et magis convexa. Frons levissime punctulata, foveola
inter oculos lata, irregulari, super quam alteram impressionem parvam
aliquando est videre. Antennarum articuli post 6tum fusci. Thorax
levis, nitens, lateribus et (oculo bene armato) etiam medio subtilissime
punctulatus. Hlytra modice irregulariter punctulata, singula nigro
distincte quadrilineata. Harum linearum intima basi utrinque a sutura
divergit; secunda et quarta ante basin desinunt, sed secunda longior ;
tertia apud humerum extus curvatur et ibidem paulo latior facta thoraci
se applicat. Omnes ante apicem obsolescunt. In uno exemplari linea
etiam quinta, imperfecta, extus in margine apparet. Corpus subtus
cum pedibus concolor. Htiam unguiculze pallidee.

Hab. Guianam Gallorum; Cayenne.

XXVI.—A second Series of Descriptions of New Austrahan
Longicornia. By Francis P. Pascon, F.L.S.
[Puate XVI.]

In reference to the following descriptions the only remark I have to
make is, that the habitats of some of the species are uncertain.
Those I have recently received from Mr. Macleay were merely
numbered, and it is only inferentially that I have doubtfully referred
them to New South Wales ; but I think, if they had been from other
localities, my valued correspondent would have mentioned it. The
species from Western Australia were taken in the vicinity of Perth.
For those from South Australia (taken in the apparently inexhaustible
neighbourhood of Gawler) I am indebted to Mrs. Kruesler, as well as
to Mr. Odewahn.
Hebesecis Germari.

H. fusca; antennis omnino fusco-brunneis, scapo subbrevi, obconico;

prothorace capite multo latiore; elytris ovatis, tomentosis, griseis,

nigro maculatis, basi remote et fortiter punctatis.
Hab. South Australia.

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Head subglabrous, coarsely punctured, broader and more convex in
front than H. marginicollis; antennse entirely dark reddish brown,
almost glabrous, except the fringe beneath, the scape rather short and
very decidedly obconical; prothorax considerably broader than the
head, closely and roughly punctured, clothed with a very dispersed
pile; elytra ovate, tomentose, whitish or pale grey, with black spots
larger and more confluent towards the apex, the base remotely and
strongly punctured; body beneath and legs dull chestnut-brown,
sparingly pubescent. Length 5 lines.

Hebesecis* is one of the most difficult of the Australian Longicorn
genera. The varieties of H.marginicollis seem almost endless ; there-
fore it is not without hesitation that I propose this and the following
as decidedly good species. Comparing an ordinary example of H.
marginicollis with H. Germari, no two congeneric insects could ap-.
pear more distinct ; but the crowd of forms which branch off from
the former throws, I must admit, an uncertainty upon all of them.
Nevertheless, from the number of carefully ticketed specimens which
I received from Australia, the conclusion of their being nothing more
than varieties does not seem to have been arrived at there, where, of
course, there must be much better means of deciding the point. H.
australis and H. crocogaster are also very variable, but at the same
time they have certain well-marked characters which render them
easy of recognition. Putting colour out of the question as not to be
depended on, the principal characters on which I rely for the dis-
tinctness of this species are the greater breadth of the head and pro-
thorax, especially the latter, the close, curled, longish pile of the
elytra, and the remoter punctation of their base.

Hebesecis antennata.

#, fusca ; antennis annulatis, scapo elongato; prothorace capite multo
latiore ; elytris trigonatis, pube sparsa grisea maculatis, basi lateribusque
subremote punctatis.

Hab, Port Dennison (Mr. Macleay).

Head broad and convex as in the last species, but covered in front
with long, slender, nearly white hairs, almost hiding the roughly punc-
tured derm beneath; antennz nearly twice as long as the body, black,
pubescent, the fourth and fifth joints at the base, and the sixth and
eighth entirely, greyish white, the second and third joints considerably
longer than in either H. marginicollis or H. Germari; prothorax much
broader than the head, closely punctured, nearly or entirely glabrous,
except a broad patch of whitish hairs at the side above the lateral spine ;
elytra trigonate, thinly pubescent, the pubescence chiefly confined to

* Hebesecis= Hebecerus, Thoms. I have been obliged to change the name in
consequence of its having been previously used for a genus of Hemiptera.

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little greyish spots, coarsely and rather more remotely punctured com-
pared with H. marginicollis, and more generally, especially at the sides,
compared with H. Germari; body beneath and legs blackish, covered
with a pale ashy pile ; the centre of the abdomen glabrous, glossy black.
Length 5 lines.

The triangular outline of the elytra and the longer antennx, more
especially due to the greater length of the scape and third joint,
will distinguish this species from the above and H. marginicollis. It
may be noticed here that the prothorax of the latter appears to be
always subquadrate, the lateral spine only slightly breaking the
parallelism of the sides; while in the two species now described
there is a very marked expansion of the sides from the anterior
margin to the spine, which is more towards the base. Besides these,
T have four more forms, each represented by a single specimen, which
appear to be tolerably distinct ; but, with such materials, it would be
hazardous to describe them*.

AMEIPSIS.

Caput antice quadratum, convexum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, elevatis,
basi approximatis. Ocul: late emarginati. Antenne corpore longiores,
scapo subcylindrico, basin versus attenuato, articulo secundo brevissimo,
tertio parum longiore, tribus sequentibus longissimis sed gradatim de-
crescentibus, czeteris multo brevioribus. Prothorax quadratus, in-
wqualis, lateribus fortiter spinosis. Elytra brevia, lateraliter subito
deflexa et carinata. Pedes eequales; tarsi breves, subdilatati; acetabula
antica’ leviter angulata. Prosternum paulo elevatum, postice rotun-
datum. Mesosternwm muticum.

This genus is closely allied to Acanthocinus? plumula, Newm.,
since referred to Hebecerus, but recently separated by M. Thomson
under the name of Probatodes. It will, however, be easily distin-
guished by the shorter elytra bent down at a right angle at the
sides, the angle forming a very marked and prominent carina. The
shortness of the third joint of the antenne in both genera is very
remarkable.

Ameipsis marginicollis.

A. nigra, subnitida, pube alba maculata; prothorace lateribus griseo
vittatis.
Hab. New South Wales? (Mr. Macleay).

* A species long known in collections under the name of Hebecerus sparsus,
Reiche, appears, as far as I can ascertain, to be undescribed. It may be known
by the lateral spine of the prothorax being more central, the moderately elevated
lines on the elytra, which are uniformly speckled with white, and the pubescence
beneath generally diffused, with small glabrous spots at irregular intervals. It
is from Western Australia.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 355

Black, with a slightly bluish tint, subnitid, with small confluent
patches of whitish pile, the prothorax with a broad greyish stripe on
each side; head deeply sulcated between the tubers, pubescence greyish,
and chiefly below the eyes; prothorax with a glabrous central line on
the disk, slightly gibbous on each side, the greyish stripe, formed of
close-set hairs, very broad and embracing the spine; scutellum trans-
verse ; elytra with an elevated line between the lateral carina and the
suture; body beneath glossy black, with whitish hairs chiefly at the
sides ; legs covered with a pale-greyish pile; antennz black, with long
scattered hairs, the sixth joint plumose at the apex, the fourth to the
eighth with more or less of a whitish pile at the base. Length 4 lines.

CoRRHENES.

Caput latitudine vel fere latitudine prothoracis, antice transversum, tuberi-
bus antenniferis validis, basi distantibus. Ocwli fere divisi. Antenne
corpore breviores, paulo incrassate, scapo subcylindrico, articulo tertio
longiore, quarto breviore, ceteris brevioribus. Prothorax quadratus
vel subquadratus, ad latera dente antico. Elytra subangustata, integra.
Pedes fere zequales in utroque sexu. Zursi lineares, vel articulo penul-
timo preecedente vix latiore. Pro- et meso-sterna elevata.

The type of this genus is the Saperda paulla of Germar (Linn.
Entom. ii. p. 230), but which, on account of its toothed prothorax
and elevated prosternum, should be referred to the vicinity of M-
phona, Muls. From this and other allied genera Corrhenes differs
either in the third antennary joint exceeding the fourth in length,
or in its narrower prothorax (which is very little, or in some species
not at all, broader than the head), and its single prothoracic tooth.
In the 2nd and 3rd series of the Transactions of the Entomological
Society I have published three species; these, with C. paulla and the
one described below, comprise all the members of this group known
to me.

Corrhenes quttulata.

C. murino-fusca; antennis haud annulatis; capite albo notato ; prothoracis
vittis duabus elytrorumque guttulis numerosis*albis.
Hab. New South Wales? (Mr. Macleay).

Closely covered with a mouse-coloured brownish pile, with numerous
slender erect hairs intermixed ; head with large white spots; prothorax
with a well-marked lateral tooth, the disk with four waved longitudinal
white lines, the two lateral feebly marked ; scutellum rounded behind ;
elytra sparingly punctured with several small, well-defined white spots ;
body beneath with a thin mixed white and grey pubescence; femora
and tibize spotted with white, the pubescence on the tarsi almost entirely
white ; antennze at the base brownish, with white spots, then whitish,
becoming darker towards the apex. Length 6 lines.

356 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

Symphyletes arctos.

S. elongatus, piceus, pube sparsa grisea tectus ; prothorace oblongo, sub-
cylindrico; elytris basi spinoso-cristatis, apice emarginatis.
Hab. Western Australia.

Elongate, with a short, sparse, greyish pile, spotted with ochreous on
the base of the elytra; head clothed with close-set whitish hairs, and
long, scattered hairs of the same colour intermixed and extending over
the basal joints of the antennz ; prothorax oblong, nearly cylindrical,
scarcely wider at the base than at the apex; elytra very slightly re-
ceding from the shoulders, each at the base with four rows of black
spines, the suture-row of five or six short spines, the next with three
much longer, the outer two of three or four spines, each shorter and
more irregular, the apex obliquely emarginate, but the angle on each
side only slightly produced; body beneath and legs with a lax whitish
pile; antenn longer than the body, with a loose whitish pubescence,
very slightly spotted, and with a well-marked fringe beneath. Length
8 lines.

This species belongs to the same section of the genus as S. pedt-
cornis, Fab., but is more nearly allied to S. fumatus (ante, p. 224) ; it
is, however, a less robust form, with a nearly cylindrical prothorax,
the base of the elytra much narrower, the pubescence thinner and
more irregular, and the antenne with a very much longer and laxer
fringe. The peculiar curve at the end of the antenne is strongly
developed in both species.

Symphyletes vicarius.

S. rufo-piceus, pube sparsa grisea tectus; prothorace breviter subcylin-
drico ; elytris subtrigonatis, postice granulis subseriatim instructis, apice
oblique truncatis.

Hab. New South Wales? (Mr. Macleay).

Derm pale-reddish pitchy, with a thin greyish pile, spotted with
ochreous and white on the elytra; head with a deep mesial line, covered
with rough, mixed ochreous and greyish hairs; prothorax about equal
in length and breadth, broader than the head, subcylindrical, but a little
contracted anteriorly ; scutellum transverse, broadly rounded behind ;
elytra subtrigonate, rounded at the shoulders, the apex obliquely trun-
cate, the outer angle more produced than the inner, the base with several
glossy-black granules, arranged somewhat in lines, but none on the su-
ture, spots of white principally posteriorly, but forming two or three
narrow interrupted lines towards the apex ; body beneath with a greyish
pile; legs with a mixed greyish and brown pile ; antenne rather longer
than the body, semiglabrous, with a short fringe beneath. Length 7
lines.

Allied to S. variolosus (Pascoe, Journ. of Entom. i. p. 340); but

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 357

in that species the elytra (inter alia) are somewhat parallel, incurved
behind the shoulders, and their apices rather narrowly emarginate.

Symphyletes satelles.

S. flavo-castaneus, nitidus; elytris subangustatis, lineis elevatis nullis,
basi spinosis, pone humeros plaga nivea, apice recte emarginatis.
Hab. Western Australia.

Yellowish chestnut, shining, nearly glabrous above; head rather
narrower than the prothorax, sparingly punctured ; antennz a little
longer than the body, thinly fringed beneath ; prothorax subtransverse,
nearly cylindrical, slightly corrugated in the centre; scutellum rounded
behind; elytra rather narrow, slightly decreasing from the shoulders,
the base with several concolorous obtuse spines, the apex transversely
emarginate, the angles scarcely produced, the sides with an ill-defined
snowy stripe or patch behind the shoulders ; body beneath with a sparse
pale-ochreous pile, spotted with brown on the postpectus ; legs nearly
glabrous, except the extremities of the tibiz and the tarsi. Length
5 lines.

In some of its characters this species is somewhat intermediate
between S. derasus and S. egenus, agreeing with the former in the
absence of the elevated lines on the elytra, which more particularly
distinguish the latter, and, on the other hand, agreeing with S. eyenus
in the obsolete or nearly obsolete patch at the sides which is so
marked in S. derasus as well as in many other species of this genus.
From both it differs in its narrow elytra, spined at the base and
transversely emarginate at their apices, and smaller size, although
this last is a character which at present cannot be strongly in-
sisted on.

TPHIASTUS.

Caput antice transversum, infra oculos dilatatum, tuberibus antenniferis
robustis et prominentibus, basi approximatis. Prothorax turgidus, lati-
tudine longitudini equalis, antice constrictus. Elytra subtrigonata,
basi subbigibbosa, humeris prominulis, rotundatis. Corpus robustum.
Ceeteris ut in Symphylete.

The habit of this fine Longicorn is so much at variance with Sym-
phyletes, to which genus I originally referred it, that I have felt con-
strained to propose its separation, although the characters given
above can only be considered as those of that genus, as it stands at
present, considerably exaggerated. The type is

Iphiastus heros. (Pl. XVI. fig. 4.)
Symphyletes heros, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3. i. p. 531.

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Rhytiphora sospitalis.
&, dense griseo pubescens, ochraceo maculatus; prothorace cylindrico ;
elytris granuliferis, margine exteriore basi argenteis, apice truncatis.
Hab. Western Australia.

Closely covered with a short uniform greyish pile, spotted or, on the
prothorax, banded with ochraceous; head with reddish ochraceous lines
in front and around the eyes; prothorax short, cylindrical, with trans-
verse slightly impressed lines and ochraceous interrupted bands; scu-
tellum subquadrate, rounded behind ; elytra subcylindrical, truncate at
the apex, without any raised lines, covered with numerous small black
glossy granules, the external border from beneath the shoulder to be-
yond the middle with a silvery-white stripe, the ochraceous spots small,
but very distinct ; body beneath and legs greyish pubescent, with dif-
fused reddish-ochraceous spots ; antenne rather shorter than the body,
subglabrous, with small grey spots. Length 12 lines.

A very distinct species, in many respects resembling R. polymita,
but with truncate elytra and a silvery stripe on their external
borders.

Rhytiphora saga.

R. pube griseo-fuliginea dense tecta; prothorace lateribus subrotundo,
antice fortiter dentato; elytris brevibus, granuliferis, basi linea elevata,
apice rotundatis.

Hab. Western Australia.

Closely covered with a short smoky-greyish pile, with paler patches
on the elytra; head in front marbled with smoky and pale grey; pro-
thorax rather short, slightly rounded at the sides, with a strong tooth
anteriorly, the disk with interrupted irregular ridges, divided in the
middle by an impressed longitudinal line; scutellum transverse, rounded
behind ; elytra short, the sides parallel, rounded at the apex, two slightly
raised lines on each, the inner at the base forming a kind of crest, several
elossy-black granules scattered over the surface, behind the scutellum a
pale semicircular patch, another at the side behind the shoulder, and a
third extending obliquely outwards from behind the middle ; body be-
neath and legs with a whitish pile, with diffused patches of ochraceous
on the breast; antennz subglabrous, brown. Length 10 lines,

A short, compact species, remarkable for the greater prominence
of the lateral tooth, but in colour resembling to a certain extent R.
caprina.

Penthea sectator.

P. dense pubescens, pilis albis adspersis, obscure ochracea; prothorace
antice albo fasciato; elytris subtiliter punctatis, albo plagiatis; an-
tennis nigris.

Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Closely covered with a dull ochraceous pile, varied with white, with

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 359

long setaceous hairs interspersed; head with a loose greyish pile in

front, ochraceous on the vertex; prothorax nearly as broad as the

elytra, with a white band just behind the apex ; scutellum transverse,
black: elytra finely and remotely punctured ; three or four granules at
the base, patch behind the scutellum, another behind the shoulder, and

a band, interrupted at the suture, behind the middle, white: body

beneath and legs with a loose greyish pile ; antenne black, with stiff,

scattered, black hairs. Length 43 lines.

It is with a certain hesitation that I propose this as a species dis-
tinct from P. picta ; it differs chiefly in the finer punctation of the
elytra, in the absence of the black spots and patches, and in the
broad, not flexuous, posterior band. The ochraceous colour is duller
and more inclining to brown. I have received a single specimen
from Mr. Odewahn.

DEpSAGEs.

Characteres ut in Penthea, sed capite prothorace angustiore, hoc basi apice
multo latiore, tuberibus antenniferis basi approximatis, et elytris gra-
nuliferis, haud carinatis.

The type of this genus is Lamia granulosa of Guérin, a species
differing altogether in habit from Penthea vermicularis (with which it
has been associated) and remarkable for the black glossy granules of
the elytra. There still remains in Penthea a number of small species
with narrower heads, scarcely any carinze on the elytra, and certain
peculiarities of coloration, such as P. scenica, P. picta, &c., but show-
ing a passage of some sort through P. pullina, P. pardalis, and P.
intricata to the type, which, to a certain extent, disturb the homo-
geneity of the genus. However, with a good series of species and
specimens before me, I do not see any advantage in further dividing
it. The only representative of this new genus is

Depsages granulosa.
Lamia granulosa, Guérin, Voy. de la Coq. ii. p. 183, pl. 7. fig. 8.

° SyssPILorus.

Caput antice transversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, remotis. Oculi late
emarginati. Antenne longitudine corporis; scapo subpyriformi, quam
articulus tertius breviore ; articulo quarto curvato, tertio longiore ;
exteris brevioribus et gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax irregularis,
antice postice equalis. /ytra oblonga, parallela, irregularia, basi
cristata. Pedes mediocres; tibie rectse. Pro- et meso-sterna clavata,
hoe antice dentatum.

Distinguished from all the genera of Australian Niphonine, in-
cluding Platymopsis, Symphyletes, Penthea, &c., by its toothed meso-
YOu, 11. 2D

360 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

sternum, and the fourth antennary joint longer than the preceding
one.
Sysspilotus Macleay.
S. griseo pubescens, brunnescente varius ; antennis pedibusque fuscis, gri-
seo maculatis.
Hab. New South Wales? (Mr. Macleay).

Clothed with a dense pale-greyish pubescence, varied with shades of
lightish brown; head with a very slight mesial line, a small tubercle in
front of the inner angle of the eye; prothorax with a double tubercle on
the disk on each side, and a smaller one between it and the strongly
produced lateral tooth; scutellum rounded behind; elytra strongly
crested at the base, the crest pilose, externally two elevated irregular
lines, which are slightly tuberculate behind, each emitting three or
four raised points towards the apex, punctures scattered, nearly hidden
by the pubescence, centre of the disk at the base pale greyish brown,
near the middle a dark semicircular transverse line, another near the
apex, and between the two a palerband ; body beneath greyish, spotted
with dark brown; legs and antennz pubescent, dark brown, spotted
with greyish white, the latter rather longer than the body. Length
9 lines.

Microtracus.

Caput antice convexum, genis turgidis ; tuberibus antenniferis brevibus,
erectis, approximatis. Oculi lunulati, infra acuti. Antenne corpore
breviores, basi approximatze; scapo cylindrico, haud cicatricoso; articulo
tertio longiore, sequentibus gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax rotun-
dato-ovatus, lateraliter dentatus, capite latior. Elytra elliptica vel
elliptico-ovata, compressa, singula spina humerali excurvata instructa,
et bicarinata, apice producta. Pedes mediocres, attenuatee; tarsi
lineares, postici et intermedii articulo basali elongato. Prosternum
subelevatum, postice rotundatum. Mesosternum elevatum, antice rotun-
datum. Corpus hirtum vel squamosum.

The first species of this genus was published and figured by Mr.
White, in the Appendix to Stokes’s ‘ Discoveries in Australia’ (1846),
under the name of “ Microtragus senex”’*, but without any attempt

* Obrida is another genus barely mentioned in the same work ; at least, all
that appears of it is just in this form:—‘“Clytus (Obrida) fascialis.” Then
follows a brief description of the species. It is really difficult to know what to
make of this style of nomenclature. Is it a Clytus? or, if something else, what
has Clytus to do with it? The following are its characters :—

OsRIDA.

Caput porrectum, antice breve, tuberibus antenniferis obsoletis. Ocwli pro-
minuli, reniformes, grosse granulati. Antenne breves, lineares, basi haud
approximate ; scapo breviusculo, ad basin attenuato ; articulis tertio et quarto
sequalibus, quam scapo brevioribus, czeteris plus minusve longioribus. Pro-

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 361

being made to define the genus itself—merely the remark that it was
allied to Ceregidion, Boisd. The above characters I have drawn up
from M. Arachne, which is the nearest ally to MW. senex—a species I
do not possess. The genus is a very distinct one, belonging to the
Dorcadionine, remarkable for its eyes being pointed beneath, and its
closely approximate antennee. The head, from its rounded front and
cheeks, looks like a rabbit’s. The palpi are short and rather broadly
truncate in M. Arachne, long and just bluntly pointed in M. amyc-
teroules. The eyes are more or less finely granulated. The body,
in most of the species, is covered with little, short, flat scales, as in
the Curculionide, to one group of which, the Amycterine, this
genus bears an extraordinary resemblance ; but in MW. Arachne the
scales are narrower and longer, scarcely differing from true hairs.
The prosternum varies as to amount of elevation according to the
spines: the females are larger and stouter than the males.

Microtragus Arachne.

M. pubescens, nigro setulosus; prothorace rugoso-punctato ; elytris gri-
seo-murino variis, atro maculatis, carina discoidali postice suturam
versus obsoleta.

Hab. Western Australia (Mr. Du Boulay).

Rather coarsely pubescent with scattered black setulose hairs; head
dark brown, with short greyish hairs and a few large punctures in
front; prothorax dark brown, coarsely punctured, the lateral tooth
hooked backwards at its point; scutellum very small, triangular ;
elytra pale lemon-yellow, the suture darker, tessellated with large black
spots, the two carine entire and well marked, the apex of each elytron
slightly rounded; body beneath sparsely covered with flat whitish
hairs; legs and antennz clothed with a mostly whitish scaly pubes-
cence, with numerous black sete intermixed, Length 7 lines,

Microtragus Mormon.

M. dense griseo squamulosus ; prothorace late ovato, disco leviter punc-
tato ; elytris carina discoidali integra, carina externa serrata, apice sin-
gulorum rotundato.

Hab. The Murray River, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Closely covered with minute greyish scales; head with a strongly
marked line on the vertex, extending to the epistome, and deeply cleft

thorax squatus, ad latera rotundatus. Hlytra brevia, parallela, lineis elevatis
instructa. Pedes postici elongati ; femora clavata; tarsorum posticorum arti-
culo basali duobus sequentibus simul haud longiore. Pro- et meso-sterng
elevata, hoc antice productum. Corpus depressum, sparse hirsutum.

In the Australian insect-fauna, this genus will stand after Typhocesis,
(5) >)
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362 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

between the tubers; prothorax broadly ovate, the disk somewhat
flattened, with small scattered punctures, the sides very rugose; scu-
tellum very transverse, slightly emarginate behind, its edges consider-
ably elevated above the elytra; elytra oblong ovate, the discoidal
carina smooth and nearly entire, the outer carina strongly marked,
having a somewhat serrated edge, the apex of each elytron rounded ;
body beneath and legs closely covered with flattish yellowish-grey
hairs. Length 10 lines.

Allied to M. Waterhouset (ante, p. 229), but with a broader pro-
thorax and longer elytra; and at once distinguished by the apices of
the latter rounded, and the discoidal carina smooth and nearly un-
interrupted, not broken up into tubercles, as in that species. The
scutella of the two are, as will be seen, widely different. ;

Microtragus eremita.

M. dense griseo squamulosus ; prothorace breviter ovato, fortiter punctato-
impresso; elytris carina discoidali interrupte piloso cristata, apice sin-
gulatim rotundatis.

Hab. The Murray River, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Closely covered with minute greyish scales; head with the mesial
line nearly obsolete, except between the tubers; prothorax shortly
ovate, the disk not depressed, but marked, as well as at the sides, with
coarsely punctate impressions; scutellum triangular, fitting the elytra
so closely as to be scarcely distinguishable; elytra rather narrowly
ovate, the sides with very coarse punctured impressions, the discoidal
carina with five or six longitudinal tufts of dark short hairs, the outer
carina not very marked, the apex of each elytron rounded ; body be-
neath and legs covered with short greyish hairs, with numerous short
black sets: interspersed. Length 7 lines.

Resembles the last ; but, inter alia, the disk of the prothorax is not
flattened, and the discoidal carina is crowned with pilose tufts. The
scutellum is only to be distinguished by the aid of a good lens*.

* T have three more species in my collection, all from the Murray River, and
for which I am also indebted to Mr. Odewahn ; but they are very imperfect. I
have, however, thought it would be desirable to give their diagnoses for the pur-
pose of comparison with the above, simply attaching to them the initial only of
the specific name under which they respectively stand in my cabinet, reserving
their publication for more perfect examples.

(7.) M. arachnidi aff., pubescens, haud setulosus ; prothorace rugoso-punctato ;
elytris fusco-griseis, fuscoque plagiatis, carina discoidali postice ad suturam
fere attingente.

(p.) M. Mormoni aff., dense griseo squamulosus et nigro setulosus ; prothorace
disco dense vestito, lateraliter rugoso ; elytris carinis duabus fere integris,
regularibus, singulis apice rotundatis.

(a.) Preecedenti aff., dense griseo squamulosus et nigro setulosus; prothorace

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PH#APATE.

Caput antice transversum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, divergentibus,
basi approximatis. Ocul late emarginati, supra subapproximantes.
Antenne corpore longiores, graciles, scapo subovato, articulis tertio et
quarto longioribus, ceeteris gradatim decrescentibus. Prothorax equatus,
irregularis, lateraliter angulatus. Zlytra oblonga, irregularia, apice sin-
eulorum acuto, Pedes breves. Coxe antice haud approximate. Pro-
sternum modice elevatum, postice dilatatum. Mesosternum latum, mu-
ticum. Corpus depressum.

Allied to Ropica, with some species of which it quite agrees in
habit, but which differs in the rounded, not angulated, sides of the
prothorax and its even disk.

Pheapate albula.

P. albescente pubescens; elytrorum lateribus macula magna triangulari
subfusca.
Hab. Queensland (Mr. Diggles).

Derm dark testaceous, shining, covered with a rather thin whitish or
greyish-white pubescence ; head deeply channelled between the tubers ;
eyes slightly approximating above; prothorax about equal in length
and breadth, scarcely narrower anteriorly, the sides gradually expanding
into an angle placed rather behind the middle, the disk remotely punc-
tured with a depressed callosity on each side, behind which there is a
transverse constriction ; scutellum transverse, pointed behind; elytra
somewhat irregular, especially at the base, coarsely punctured, the apex
divaricate and pointed, two or three nearly obsolete buff-coloured stripes
anteriorly, the sides near the middle with a large triangular brownish
spot; body beneath and legs pubescent, greyish; antennz a little longer
than the body, greyish-pubescent, the tips of the joints, from the fourth
inclusive, dark brown. Length 4 lines.

APOSITES.

Caput antice elongatum, tuberibus antenniferis validis, obliquis, basi ap-
proximatis. Oculimagni, anguste emarginati, supra approximati, grosse
granulati. Labrum minutum. Palpi breves, cylindrici, obtusi.. Antenne
corpore longiores ; scapo brevi, obconico ; articulo tertio fere duplo lon-
giore ; ceteris subzequalibus; totis, primo et secundo exceptis, lateraliter
productis. Prothorax oblongus, antice angustior, lateribus subrotun-
datus et inermis, angulis posticis productis. Elytra elongata, angustata,
apicem versus gradatim attenuata. Femora compressa; tébie breves ;
tarsi elongati, articulo ultimo valido, postici articulo basali longiore.
Core antice exserte. Acetabula antica breviter angulata. Prosternwm

disco rugoso-punctato; elytris carina discoidali magis elevata, carina externa
flexuosa, postice haud distincta, apicem versus crenato-producta.

364 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

simplex. Mesosternum declive. Abdomen molle, apicem versus sensim

angustius, elytris longius.

The characters of this genus are in some respects very like those
of Neostenus (Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2. iv. p. 91), the most
essential differences being in the dilated, not cylindrical, third and
fourth antennary joints, which, however, may possibly be only
sexual, in the shortly angulated anterior acetabula with more ex-
serted coxe, in the normal elytra, and especially in the produced pos-
terior angles of the prothorax. The head also is more decidedly
rostrate; and the abdomen is soft enough to contract in drying,
but it evidently tapers a little from the base, and extends a whole
segment at least beyond the elytra. Neostenus is a puzzling genus.
Originally I placed it in the Prionidee, near Philus; and this was the
position it occupied in M. Thomson’s ‘ Essai.’ In his ‘Systema’
they are both removed, Philus being referred to the “ Lepturitce
vere,” close to Vesperus, and Neostenus finding a place almost imme-
diately after Phoracantha, among the “ Eburitw,” and consequently
in the Cerambycide. I am inclined to think that it will form a natural
subfamily with Aposites, Lysestia, and probably Aphanasium*.

Aposites macilentus. (Pl. XVI. fig. 6.)

A. brunneus, obscure griseo pubescens.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Derm fulvous brown, somewhat shining, everywhere covered with a
thin, short, greyish pubescence, except the antennze, which have a very
minute, close-set, cloth-like pile, the basal joint excepted ; head deeply
grooved between the tubers; prothorax with the pubescence scattered
and irregular; scutellum rounded, except at the base; elytra closely
punctured, each with four slightly elevated lines, the innermost shortly
running into the suture, all disappearing towards the apex ; antenne a
little longer than the body. Length 13 lines.

LysEsTIA.

Caput antice subelongatum, tuberibus antenniferis brevibus. Oculi medio-
cres, subgrosse granulati, leviter emarginati. Zabrum et palpi ut in
Aposite. Antenne corpore longiores, scapo oblongo-ovato, articulo
tertio quartoque longioribus et subcylindricis, sequentibus compressis,
apice (ultimo excepto) paulo lateraliter productis et subsequalibus,
ultimo precedente longiore. Prothorax quadratus, lateribus inermis
et subrotundatus, angulis posticis retractis. Elytra angustata, sutura

* Syn. Solimnia, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soe. ser. 3. i. p. 557. Aphanasium (J.
Thomson, ‘ Essai,’ &e., p. 300) was referred by its describer to the Prionid, where
it escaped my notice until very recently.

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excavata. Pedes fere ut in Aposite. Coxe antice subglobose. Acetubula
antica longe angulata. Sterna et medipectus ut in Aposite. Abdomen
depressum, basi angustius, elytris longius.

This genus differs from the last in its antenne, prothorax, the
sutural excavation of the elytra, and in the more solid and flattened
abdomen. In these characters it agrees to a certain extent with
Neostenus ; in that genus, however, the elytra are somewhat differ-
ently formed, not being excavated along the suture, but each elytron
gradually diverging and curving slightly outwards at the apex; the
legs are also remarkably short, and the prothorax is much broader
than the head, with a semicircular outline.

Lysestia rotundicollis, (Pl. XVI. fig. 5.)

L. brunnea, subnitida; prothorace rufo-castaneo, lateribus leviter sub-
rotundatis; elytris subtestaceis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Dark fulvous brown, subnitid ; pubescence exceedingly scanty ; head
rugosely punctured, but the punctures minute ; mesial line very slight,
and nearly confined to the vertex; prothorax somewhat corrugated,
coarsely punctured, the sides slightly and evenly rounded ; scutellum
broadly scutiform; elytra pale brownish testaceous, almost impunctate,
each with three slightly elevated lines, which are more marked poste-
riorly and unite near the apex, the apex ending in a short lateral spine ;
body beneath and legs with a thin silvery-grey pile; antennze longer
than the body, with a short, dense, cloth-like pile, the basal joint ex-
cepted. Length 8 lines.

Lysestia morio.

L. nigrescens, subnitida; prothorace ante medium leviter constricto.
Hab. Western Australia (Mr. Du Boulay).

Dark brownish black, subnitid, especially the elytra; prothorax
slightly, but very decidedly, incurved or constricted between its middle
and apex; scutellum transverse, truncate at the apex; body beneath
with a silvery-white pile : in other respects agrees with L. rotundicollis.

Eroschema atricolle.

. supra parce pilosum, atrum, nitidum, infra glabrum; elytris rufo-
testaceis, aliquando postice atro-czruleis.
Hab. Western Australia (Mr. Du Boulay).

Glossy black, clothed above with short, scattered, semierect hairs,
beneath glabrous, shining ; head and prothorax coarsely punctured, the
latter entirely black, strongly constricted anteriorly, where also it is
somewhat broader than in £. Powerit; scutellum rounded behind;
elytra reddish testaceous, generally with more or less of a darker
colour (but mostly blackish blue) posteriorly; each elytron with four

366 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

raised lines, the interstices rather finely punctured; antenne rather

more than half the length of the body, the first four joints rather hairy.

Length 5 lines.

Nearly allied to Z. Poweri, but with the head and prothorax more
strongly punctured, the latter broader at the apex, and entirely
black, the elytra paler, the lines and punctures less decided, and the
whole less hairy. Both species have very much the look of some
varieties of Pteroplatus variabilis ; and the antenne are very similar
and remarkable, inasmuch as the third joint is nearly as large as the
scape. I have treated of its affinities below.

CHAODALIS.

Caput antice productum, pone oculos constrictum, tuberibus antenniferis
validis, brevibus, extus protuberantibus. Ocwli renifermes, tenuiter
granulati. Palpi lineares, obtusi. Labrum breve. Antenne brevius-
cule, compress ; scapo et articulis quinque sequentibus (secundo ex-
cepto) subzequalibus, triangularibus ; caeteris angustioribus. Prothorax
antice constrictus, disco inzequalis, lateraliter angulato-dentatus. Elytra
prothorace multo latiora, fere parallela vel postice paulo dilatata, sutura
divaricata, lineis elevatis instructa. Pedes modice elongati; femora
vix incrassata; tibie apice attenuate; tars? graciles, preesertim postici.
Coxe antics exsertee. -Acetabula antica breviter et late angulata. Pro-
et meso-sterna depressa.

I am indebted for my specimen of this most interesting insect to
William Macleay, Esq., of Sydney, whose kindness I have so often
had occasion to acknowledge. It is closely allied to Hroschema, differ-
ing chiefly in the prolonged muzzle, the prominent antennary tubers,
causing a deep concavity between as well as below them, and the
dehiscent elytra. The legs, particularly the tibis, are also larger
and much more attenuated; the anterior coxe more exserted, and
their acetabula more vertical and less angulated. The position of
Eroschema (and of Chaodalis) is a dubious one. M. James Thomson
in his ‘ Essai,’ placed it with the “ Lepturite,” in a division which
he called Pseudolepturite vere; but in his later work, ‘Systema
Cerambycidarum,’ he has removed this division to the ‘‘ Ceramby-
cite,” placing it in his group “ Callichromite vere.’ In the first
instance it came very near Stenoderus and its allies ; now they are
widely separated. I cannot help thinking that its first position was
the most natural, and that its true place is near Stenoderus, and not
with Pseudoleptura, Disidema, &c., notwithstanding the prolonga-
tion of the external maxillary lobe, a character which appears to me
in this case to be over-valued. Originally I doubtfully referred it to
the vicinity of Péteroplatus ; but this was certainly erroneous. The

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 367

greatest objection to its alliance with Stenoderus is the form of its
antenne. It must, however, be recollected that several Australian
groups in this direction are very isolated, as, for example, T’vropis,
Tricheops, Bardistus, Diotima, and others.

Chaodalis Macleayi. (Pl. XVI. fig. 1.)

C. ater, infra subnitidus; elytris, prothoracisque vittis duabus, aurantiacis ;
tibiarum basi et tarsorum articulis primo, secundo et quarto basi flavis.
Hab. New South Wales? (Mr. Macleay).

Black, beneath glabrous and subnitid; the elytra and an irregular
stripe on each side of the prothorax of a beautiful orange ; the tibie at
their junction with the femora, and all the joints of the tarsi at the base,
except the third, pale yellow; head clothed with a deep-black velvet
pile; on the vertex two, and below each tuber a patch of rich metallic
yellow hairs ; face above the epistome nearly glabrous; prothorax nearly
equal in length and breadth, strongly toothed at the sides, and above
each tooth an elevated tubercle in the line of the orange stripe; scu-
tellum triangular ; elytra flattened, and rather dilated posteriorly, with
short, roughish hairs, chiefly at the sides and shoulders, each elytron
with six (including the two marginal) elevated lines, the interstices
finely punctured ; femora nearly glabrous; tibiee and tarsi with short,
stiffish hairs; antennee, except a few rather scattered hairs at the base,
nearly glabrous. Length 7 lines.

Psilomorpha lusoria.

P. rufo-aurantiaca; elytris apice cyaneo-chalybeatis; pedibus nigris,
femoribus tibiisque anticis aurantiacis; antennis nigris, articulis quarto
et quinto basi rufescentibus.

Hab. New South Wales ? (Mr. Macleay).

- Reddish orange ; the elytra paler, but at three-quarters of their length

becoming black, then quickly passing into steel-blue to the apex; abdo-
men dark brown, with a silvery-white shade, very finely and closely
punctured; legs black, the anterior femora and tibiz orange; antennz
rather longer than the body, black, with the fourth and fifth joints
reddish at the base. Length 5 lines.

Resembles P. apicalis, Pasc., but at once distinguished by its
anterior femora and tibiz being orange-red. A very good figure is
given of the type (P. tenuipes, W. Wilson Saunders) in the ‘ Transac-
tions of the Entomological Society,’ ser. 2. vol. i. pl. 4. fig. 1.

Ametrocephala mira.

A, brunneo-rufa, subglabra, capite elytrisque postice nigris, his medio
signo ( -formi albo-pubescente ornatis.
Hab. Western Australia (Mr. Du Boulay).
Light brownish red, almost glabrous, but with a few very much

368 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

scattered, erect, minute hairs; head much broader than the prothorax,
black, impunctate, but scored with exceedingly minute transverse lines ;
parts of the mouth, except the tips of the mandibles, pale ferruginous ;
prothorax not so long as the head, but considerably longer than its
greatest breadth, impunctate, the two discal tubers well marked, the
lateral tubers also very large and obtuse; scutellum small, subtrans-
verse; elytra broader than the head, impunctate, somewhat silky, espe-
cially posteriorly ; from the suture, considerably below the scutellum, a
narrow, white pubescent line, curving gradually outwards posteriorly ;
behind this, except a slight margin of reddish, silky black; body be-
neath glabrous, shining, the abdomen very dark brown or black; legs,
especially the tibize, clothed with a few, long, erect hairs; antennz
more than half as long as the body, brownish towards the tip. Length
5 lines.

After avery close examination of Pseudocephalus formicides, Newm.,
and Ametrocephala monstrosa, Bl., I have come to the conclusion that
they are congeneric. Mr. Newman’s being the oldest name would
have been adopted, but that, according to M. Thomson, it had been
previously used by Burmeister. I have, however, taken Ametroce-
phala only provisionally: such unwieldy names should be looked on
with disfavour. In collections, the genus Zoédia is sometimes taken
for Pseudocephalus ; but the latter has rounded, or only slightly ovate,
entire eyes. Pseudocephalus arietinus, Newm., from Tasmania, (ac-
cording to the description) has the prothorax and elytra entirely
black, except the white linear marks resembling the sign Arzes, to
which it owes its name. Two specimens were in a collection at
Glasgow, but they have probably disappeared. Of P. formicides, I
may remind our Australian friends that itis exactly like an ordinary-
sized black ant, and it is possible that as such it may have been over-
looked. The specimen in the British Museum (Mr. Newman’s type)
is the only one known to me.

EX RETA.

Caput exsertum, pone oculos constrictum, antice elongatum ; tuberibus
antenniferis brevibus. Oculi reniformes, grosse granulati. Palpi tri-
angulares, maxillares elongati. Antenne breves, basi distantes, scapo
obconico, articulis tertio et ceteris subeequalibus, quinto et sequentibus,
ultimo excepto, lateraliter apice subproductis. Prothorax oblongus,
antice angustior, angulis posticis acutis. Elytra oblonga, parallela,
depressa. Pedes breves ; femora fusiformia; tarsorum articulo penul-
timo dilatato; core antics exsertze, globose. Acetabula antica integra
vel obsolete angulata. Prosternum angustissimum. Mesosternum de-
pressum.

Technically this genus differs from Zsaliwm principally in its short

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 369

legs and the dilated penultimate joint of the tarsi. These characters,
the colour, and pubescence combine to give it an aspect sue generis.

Exereta unicolor. (Pl. XVI. fig. 2.)
E. omnino lutescens, sparse breviter pilosa.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Bathurst).

Entirely pale luteous, with short, scattered, erect hairs, scarcely
noticeable, except under a lens; head and prothorax very sparsely
punctured, the punctures shallow and indefinitely impressed ; scutellum
narrow, slightly pointed behind ; elytra coarsely and closely punctured,
punctures in regular rows at the base and near the suture, but irregular
and gradually becoming smaller posteriorly, the apex rounded ; body be-
neath luteous, shining; antennz shorter than the body, slightly pilose.
Length 5 lines.

AQTHIORA.
Characteres ut in Uracantho, sed scapo longiore, attenuato, articulis ceteris
cylindricis; prothoracis lateribus rectis, haud angulatis.

Besides these characters, the muzzle is longer and narrower than
in Uracanthus ; but the habit is precisely similar. I find in this, as
in many other cases, it would be impossible to formulate a sufficiently
satisfactory diagnosis of Uracanthus or of other genera, if exceptional
species, like this, were not removed. Nevertheless I think it would
generally be desirable if some differences of habit also accompanied
what are often only technical discrepancies. The type is

Athiora fuliginea.

Uracanthus fuligineus, Pascoe, ante, p. 238.

LycEsIs.

Characteres ut in Bebio, sed antennarum articulus tertius quam scapus
haud brevior, ceteris brevioribus et sequalibus, fere cylindricis; elytra
latiora; pedes mediocres ; tibiis longioribus.

Originally described by myself as a Didymocantha (Isalium), from
which it differs principally in the long, narrow prothorax and the
nearly cylindrical joints of the antenne. It is a weak and slender
form, although much less slender than Bebiws. The type is

Lygesis cylindricollis.
Didymocantha cylindricollis, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, v. p. 18.

BeEBIvs.

Caput antice subelongatum ; tuberibus antenniferis brevibus, remotis.
Oculi prominuli, reniformes, grosse granulati. Antenne breves, scapo

370 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

quam articuli czteri longiore, apice incrassato, basin versus gradatim
attenuato; articulis tertio quartoque cylindricis, hoc preecedente bre-
viore; ceeteris lateraliter paulo dilatatis, et quam quartus longioribus.
Prothorazx elongatus, subcylindricus, capite haud latior. Elytra linearia,
apice singulorum rotundato. Pedes breves; femora simplicia; tibie
quam tarsi vix longiores. Pro- et meso-sterna declivia. Abdominis
segmenta fere eequalia.

A curious little insect, remarkable for its narrow elongate outline,
is at present the only exponent of this genus, which differs from
Isalium in the unusual character of the scape being the longest of the
antennary joints, and in its very short legs, the tibie being scarcely
longer than their corresponding tarsi.

Bebius filiformis.
B. omnino rufo-testaceus, oculis nigris.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Angas).

Entirely reddish testaceous, with a few delicate greyish hairs, not
visible, except under a lens; head roughly punctured in front; eyes
large, black; prothorax with coarse, shallow punctures; scutellum
narrow, concave, rounded behind; elytra deeply and coarsely punc-
tured, the punctures crowded and irregular; body beneath reddish
chestnut, shining; antennze less than half as long as the body. Length
42 lines.

AMSIOTYCHE.

Caput exsertum, pone oculos constrictum, antice subelongatum ; tuberibus
antenniferis validis, brevibus, approximatis, antice emarginatis, infra
fronte transversim impressa. Oculi prominuli, reniformes, grosse granu-
lati. Palpi triangulares, maxillares elongati. Antenne elongatze,
apicem versus gradatim attenuate, scapo obconico, articulis ceteris
cylindricis, muticis, quarto quam tertius vel quintus breviore. Protho-
rax oblongo-ovatus, inermis, disco irregularis. E/ytra prothorace paulo
latiora, elongata, irregularia, apice singulorum acuto. Pedes elongati;
femora fusiformia ; tibie et tarsi attenuata; core antic globose, ex-
sertee. Acetabula antica anguste angulata. Prosternum subelevatum,
angustum, postice dilatatum. Mesosternum declive. Corpus subde-
pressum.

A very distinct genus, referable to the Cerambycine, but distin-
guished by the cylindrical mutic joints of the antenne combined with
the almost linear femora.

Misiotyche favosa. (Pl. XVI. fig. 3.)
42, fusco-castanea, subnitida; elytris favoso-punctatis, pone medium flavo
plagiatis.
Hab. South Australia (AL. Bathurst).
Dark chestnut-brown, slightly nitid, or having a gloss as if of varnish,

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 371

with a few erect, greyish, very remote hairs; head with a mesial line
not extending to the vertex, but terminating directly below the tubers
in a A-shaped impression; prothorax not broader than the head,
favosely punctured, with two or three short shallow impressions on the
disk; scutellum scutiform ; elytra favosely punctured, three angular
imperfect ridges on each, behind the middle an irregular oblique pale-
yellow patch or two conjoined spots; body beneath and legs dark
brown, metasternum in the middle dark red; antennz not twice as
long as the body, reddish brown, scantily pilose. Length 8 lines.

Phoracantha flavo-picta,

P. modice elongata, fusco-castanea ; prothorace suboblongo, ad latera bre-
viter spinoso, disco reticulato-punctato, trituberculato; elytris nitidis,
medium versus grosse punctatis, singulis flavo triplagiatis, apice biapi-
culatis ; femoribus fusiformibus.

Hab. South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Moderately elongate, chestnut-brown; head covered with coarse
greyish hairs, deeply sulcate between the tubers; prothorax somewhat
oblong, with a coarse, reticulate punctation and three smoothish
tubercles on the disk, the sides shortly spined; scutellum elongate-
triangular, with slightly rounded sides; elytra shining, very slightly
pubescent, strongly punctured towards the middle, less so at the base,
nearly smooth posteriorly, each elytron having three large pale-yellow
patches, one at the base, the second at the middle, both of these some-
what oblique, and approximating towards the suture, so as to form,
with those on the opposite side, a rough X -shaped mark, the third patch
oblong and near the apex, the apex itself obliquely truncate, with each
angle spined, the outer spine being considerably the longest; body be-
neath brownish red; the abdomen much darker, covered with long grey
hairs ; legs and antenne pale ferruginous, with a thin greyish pubes-
cence, the latter scareely as long as the body ; femora fusiform. Length
12 lines.

A very distinct species, which I cannot approximate to any other
known to me; in the disposition of colour on the elytra it is, perhaps,
something after the style of P. tricuspis, which, however, is in all other
respects very different.

Homamora.

Caput antice transversum; tuberibus antenniferis brevibus, distantibus.
Oculi mediocres, profunde emarginati. Antenne corpori eequales, sub-
lineares, scapo oblongo-ovato; articulo tertio multo longiore, apice
mutico; sequentibus subzequalibus. Prothorax subglobosus, basi con-
strictus. Elytra prothorace vix latiora, depressa, parallela, apice integra.
Pedes mediocres ; femora clavata; tubie arcuatee et compress; tarsi
breves, intermedii et postici ‘articulo basali ceteris longiore. Pro-
sternum depressum. Mesosternum elongatum, declive.

372 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

This form appears to me to differ essentially from the North
American genus Huderces* only in the unarmed apex of the third
antennal joint. It is true Dr. Leconte describes the thorax of that
genus as being longitudinally plicate; but this is scarcely of generic
value, an unpublished species from Texas, nearly allied, having it
punctured in the ordinary way. Dr. Leconte omits the important
character of the spine at the apex of the third joint. I do not see in
what way M.Chevrolat’s genus Apelocerat differs from HEuderces,
unless it be really the fact that the maxillary palpi have only three
joints. M. Chevrolat has probably overlooked the basal joint.
Homemota, like Huderces and some others of this family, has its
elytra adorned with a curious raised ivory streak; but in the genera
mentioned it is central and transverse, or oblique. Tillomorpha
meestula, Wh. (of which I only know a single specimen, taken in
Queensland, and now in the British Museum), nearly allied to these
genera, appears to be a true 7%llomorpha, which is otherwise con-
fined to Chili.

Homemota basalis.
H. fusco-nigra; elytris basi castaneis, singulis linea eburnea, obliqua,
medio sita ornatis.
Hab. Western Australia (Mr. Du Boulay).

Brownish black, nearly glabrous, with a very few, long, slender, dis-
persed hairs; head finely punctured, a broad groove between the eyes,
terminating above the mouth in a semilunar impression ; prothorax with
numerous shallow punctures; scutellum triangular; elytra divided in
the middle on each side by an oblique, yellowish, ivory-like line, thickly
punctured anteriorly to this line, with the base dark chestnut: behind
the line impunctate, glossy, gradually acquiring a whitish pubescence
towards the apex; body beneath black, the abdomen glossy ; legs and
antennz brownish chestnut. Length 4 lines.

THERSALUS.

Caput breve, tuberibus antenniferis fere obsoletis. Oculi magni, late emar-
ginati. Antenne longissime, basi distantes, scapo brevi, incrassato ;
articulis tertio ad septimum subzequalibus, apice spinosis ; czeteris sensim
longioribus, ultimo elongato. Prothorax transversus, lateribus rotun-
datis. Elytra oblonga. Pedes mediocres. Pro- et meso-sterna subcla-
vata, mutica.

I have separated the species on which this genus is founded from
Phacodes, Newm., chiefly on account of its antenne, especially of the
short, thick scape and elongated terminal joint. The relative length

* Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sciences of Philadelphia, 1851, p. 30.
t Annales Soc. Ent. de France, sér. 4, t. ii. p. 61.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia. 373
of the antennal joints, as well as the number having spines, will pro-
bably be found to vary, should other species be discovered. At least,
such is the case in Phacodes. The type is

Thersalus bispinus.
Phacodes bispinus, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, i. p. 562,|

- Phacodes elusus.

P. fuscescens ; prothorace irregulariter griseo pubescente, punctis dispersis
annulatis; elytris pubescentibus, maculis glabris adspersis, apice singulis
rotundatis.

Hab, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Brownish, paler on the elytra; head and prothorax dull brown, with
a short, greyish, irregular pile, the latter slightly transverse, much
broader than the head, the sides rounded ; the disk without any tubercles
or elevations, but under a strong lens it is seen to be thickly punctured,
and each puncture surrounded by a narrow, elevated margin ; scutellum
nearly circular; elytra rather elongate, closely punctured, the spaces
between the punctures rising into short, indefinite, transversely undu-
lating lines, the pubescence irregular, with small glabrous spots, apex
of each elytron rounded; body beneath and legs with much closer
pubescence, the former with numerous glabrous points; antennz about
as long as the body, the third and fourth joints equal, or nearly so, and
unarmed, Length 10 lines.

Resembles a small narrow example of P. obscurus, Fab. ; but,
besides the absence of tubercles on the prothorax, puncturing, &c.,
it will be distinguished by the fourth antennal joint scarcely shorter
than the third, and the absence of the apical spine. These two cha-
racters, indeed, might be considered sufficient to justify their generic
separation, were it not that the two species have precisely the same
habit.

Phacodes fuscus.

P. fuscus, sparse setulosus; prothorace crebre reticulato-punctato ; elytris
setulosis, vix pubescentibus, apice singuli rotundatis.
Hab, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Resembles the last in most of its characters, but is scarcely pubescent ;
and the prothorax is so closely and deeply punctured that the intervals
have a completely reticulated appearance, very different from P. elusus.
Length 10 lines.

Phacodes distinctus.

P. fusco-brunneus; prothorace glabro, creberrime punctato; elytris di-
sperse pubescentibus, fulvo biplagiatis, apice rotundatis.
Hab. South Australia (Mr. Bathurst).
Dark reddish brown; head rugose, with scattered greyish hairs;

374 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Australian Longicornia.

prothorax nearly glabrous, a little longer than broad, the middle portion
of its sides somewhat parallel, pitchy brown under the lens, very closely
punctured, the intervals here and there raised into short, irregular lines
having an oblique direction, the centre of the disk with a narrow,
smooth, longitudinal line; scutellum nearly cordate; elytra closely and
rather coarsely punctured, clothed with short, stiffish, grey hairs at
short intervals, a large, oblong, fulvous patch from the base to near the
middle, and another at the apex, the two-feebly connected along the
suture, the apex rounded; body beneath and legs brownish fulvous,
shining, with scattered greyish hairs; antennz shorter than the body,
the third joint longer than the fourth, and the latter shorter than the
fifth. Length 8 lines.

The form of the prothorax and the fulvous patches on the elytra
will at once distinguish this species.

Sophron eburatus.

S. rufo-brunneus, glaber; elytris fortiter punctatis, vitta basali, altera
laterali et maculis posticis flavo-eburatis.
Hab, South Australia (Mr. Odewahn).

Reddish brown, free from pubescence, except a few small, whitish
setze posteriorly ; head and prothorax covered with shallow, very closely
arranged punctures; scutellum rounded, dark brown, slightly concave ;
elytra closely and rather coarsely punctured, the apex of each somewhat
acutely pointed ; a narrow longitudinal line at the base, another laterally
in a line with the shoulder, and a few spots, very nearly united, poste-
riorly, lemon-yellow, raised above the rest of the derm, and of an ivory-
like texture; body beneath, tips of the femora, tibiz, and tarsi more or
less brown, the rest of the femora reddish luteous. Length 6 lines.

Differs from Sophron inornatus, Newm., in colour, strong pune-
turing of the elytra, with their aeute apices, and the ivory lines,
which, to a certain extent, replace the hairy lines of the former
species.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI.

Fig. 1. Chaodalis Macleayi. Fig. 4. Iphiastus heros.
y 2. Exereta unicolor. » 5. Lysestia rotundicollis.
9, 3. Aisiotyche favosa. 5, 6. Aposites macilentus.

N.B.—At Plate XV. vol. i. of this work, the numerals attached to the
side figures have been reversed in printing, without its having been per-
ceived by the author whose paper they illustrate ; figs. 3 & 2 and 6 & 5
should, therefore, be transposed. We are indebted to Dr. Gerstaecker
(Bericht, &e., 1865) for pointing out the error.—Ep.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. XIII.—NovemBeEr, 1865.

XXVII.—An Examination of the Halticide of South America.
By the Rev. Hamier Crark, M.A., F.L.S.

I wave spent part of my short autumn holiday in the revision of my
notes on the Dejean genera and other new forms of Halticide found
in South America. As a rule, the groups formed by Dejean and
Chevrolat in the 3rd edition of the Catalogue are natural, and for
the most part good. It has appeared to me that the confirmation
of old recognized names is so preferable to the creation of new ones,
that it may be worth while to send the results of my investigations
to the Editor of the ‘Journal of Entomology.’ In the following
pages I have sought to establish the Dejean nomenclature, and have
ventured in addition to introduce new genera, based on forms in my
collection which have more recently been sent over by collectors.
In my examination of the collections which I received from the
Marquis La Ferté, M. Chevrolat, and M. Thomson I have been
specially struck by one result of my inquiry; that is, the remarkable
concurrence of testimony which these collections offer, not only as
to the fixity of the Dejean genera, but even with regard to the
identity of the several species. It is the fashion to some degree
now a days to decry manuscript names, as being an unmitigated evil ;
I have no special love for them; I cannot appreciate the usage
which obtains among our continental friends of affixing to every
species some name before it is admitted into the cabinet; but, on
the other hand, there are instances, and the case before us is one,
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376 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

where manuscript names, generic and specific, have been our only
guiding beacons, and where, moreover, they have faithfully guided
us. ‘Tradition has a certain real value; if it cannot be compared
with the precision of written description, certainly it is far better
than chaos; and in chaos many groups of Coleoptera would have
been, without the assistance which for many years has been afforded
by the tradition of Dejean’s Catalogue.

I ought to mention that Erichson has described (Wieg. Arch.
1847) among his genera of South American Halticidse two genera
which I am not able to determine—Patopopa (p. 171) and Ocno-
scELIs (p. 174); the former of the dipodes of Mlliger, the latter
nearly related to Asphera and Aspicela of Dej. and of this paper.

The following list includes all the Dejean genera of South

American Halticide (edition 3, 1837) :-—

Ocroconotes (p. 407), with following genera to Dasymatius. See
British Museum Catal. Halticid., part 1.

(Epronycuts, Latr. See Journ. Entom. vol. ii. p. 165 et seq.

Prena, Chevr. See Journ. Entom. vol. ii. p. 172 et seg. (Omophoita).

Omornorta, Chevr.= Ptena, Chevr.

AspnrA, Cheyr. Characterized in this paper.

Asriceta, Dej. Characterized in this paper.

Lrrosonycua, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Letoromis, Dej. Belonging to the Gipronycuis group.

AxtotHEsaTa, Cheyr. Since characterized by Mr. Baly under the
name of Sophrena, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 342.

Cmroris, Dej. Characterized in this paper.

GraptopERA, Chevr. Auctorum.

CramopnHora, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Dirnavtaca, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Oxyeona, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Romatocera, Dej. Characterized by Mr. Baly under the name of
Phrynocepha (Journ. Entom. June 1861, p. 201).

Monomacra, Chevyr. Characterized by Dr. Erichson (Consp. Ins.
Peru) under the name of Lactica; and more recently by Mr. Baly
(Journ. Ent. 1862, p. 458, plate xxi. fig. 6, not fig. 7) under the
name of Camncna.

SrrapaLa, Chevr.= Lactica, Er.

Lacpatica, Chevr.= Zactica, Er.

Cacoscetts, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Drsonycna, Cheyr. Characterized in this paper.

Sysrena, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

ig

Rev. H. Clark i ..¢ Halticidee of South America. 377

CreprpopErA, Chevr. Auctorum.

Puytiorreta, Chevr. Auctorum.

Aptuona, Chevr. Auctorum.

Trrnopactyia, Chevr. Now more properly Longitarsus, Latr.
Fam. Nat. Ins. 405 (1825). Thyamis, Steph. Illust. Brit. Ent.
(1831).

Drsorra, Latr. Auctorum.

PsytuiopEs, Latr. Auctorum.

Prectrroscetis, Chevr. Auctorum.

Batanomorpna, Chevr. Now Mantura, Steph.

Popaerica, Chevr. Auctorum.

Norozona, Chevr. Characterized in this paper.

Before proceeding to a more complete examination of the following
genera, it may be useful to arrange them tabularly, affixing to each
a brief note of their respective special characters. The present paper
deals with the following genera :—

Aspu#ra. Sides of thorax rounded and broadly marginate, anterior
angles produced in front, not laterally; of the antenne the 3rd,
4th, and 5th joints are subequal; the unguiculi are simple or
appendiculated.

Aspiceta. As in Asphera, the unguiculi being almost bifid. This
may be only a Columbian form of Asphera.

LirosonycHa. Thorax rectangular, the sides of the thorax straight
and narrowly marginate; the other characters as in Asphera.

Sorpprana. Form ovate; antenne short and incrassate, the 1st and
11th joints being alone elongate.

CramopHorsa. Closely allied to Aspicela; thorax smaller; elytra
more ovate; palp., max., and antenne also differ.

Pepin1a. Form ovate, very depressed ; antennee incrassated, joints
1 and 3 elongate ; post. femora short and very thick.

Ora. Ovate, very depressed; post femora short and very thick.

CyrrospHarus. Rotundate; antenne incrassate, joints 1 and 3
elongate.

Dirwavraca. Thorax narrower than elytra, sides rotundate, base
with transverse fovea ; antenne with joints 3-5 subequal; max.
palpi, terminal joint produced.

PsmapHa. Parallel, robust; thorax large and foveolate at base ;
anterior femora incrassated.

Oxyconus. Thorax with post. angles rounded and marked with a
small projection or elbow; elytra not punctate-striate ; antenn
with joints 3-11 elongate and subsequal.

252

378 Rey. H, Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Rnopatoroma. Form depressed; antenne filiform; anterior tibize
incurved.

Lacrica. Short, subovate; thorax subrectangular, base transversely
foveolate ; antennz, 3rd joint scarcely longer than the second.
Tenosis. Elongate; antenne filiform ; post. femora with inner me-

dial angle.

C#ports. Parallel; thorax transverse and foveolated at the base.
Allied to Cacoscelis.

Pretonta. Oval; thorax rectilateral, with the anterior angles some-
what rounded; elytra thickly punctate; antenne filiform, joints
4—6 subequal.

Disonycua. Parallel; thorax transverse and nearly as broad as
elytra, sides depressed ; antenne with joints 4~-7 subequal; un-
guiculi simple.

Sysrena. Parallel; thorax acute-angled and quadrate, not so broad
as elytra; elytra punctate (rarely punctate-striate) ; antenne
with joints 4 and 5 subequal, 3 being shorter; unguiculi appen-
diculated. ;

Cacoscenis. Parallel; thorax narrower than elytra, sides not de-
pressed ; unguiculi appendiculated.

Caxoscetis. Short, robust ; antennee filiform; post. legs very elon-
gate.

Norozona. Subparallel; thorax broad; elytra punctate-striate.

AspwrRA, Dej., Asptcena, Dej., and Lirosonycua, Dej.

These genera have one character in common, which separates
them from the several forms which | have—whether rightly or not
—-united under the genera CEpronycuis, Prena, &e. (Journ. Entom.
vol. 11. p. 165 et seg.). These latter have all of them either a globular
inflation above the posterior claw, or at all events the claw is (at the
base of the two apical teeth or joints) considerably thickened. In
these three genera before us the claw is more or less simple, while in
all other respects, form, coloration, and size, the species composing
them perfectly assimilate CEpronycnis. The number of species
which possess this simple claw is, compared with that of the former
group, wonderfully small; of the inflated-claw group I have regis-
tered in the ‘Journal of Entomology’ 449 species, and subsequent
additions to my collection will add at least fifty to that number; of
these three remaining simple-clawed genera the exponents cannot
number above thirty species. Now, with reference to the grouping of
this small residuum, that is, these three genera, AsPH#RA, ASPICELA,
and Lrrosonycna, I think that it will be convenient that Dejean’s

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 379

arrangement—and if so, of ‘course his nomenclature—should stand.
The distinguishing characters that divide them are unimportant ; but
they are characters, and characters, however feeble, if associated
with well established names in the vast ocean of Phytophagisms,
deserve to be perpetuated as assisting beacons. Thus AspHaira
and AspiceLa seem to have almost every character in common: the
form of the thorax is identical; the sides are rounded and broadly
and shallowly margined, and the apical angles are produced, directed
forwards, not laterally, and generally acute, the front of the thorax
having generally a somewhat less breadth than the base. All the
species of AspHara that I know come from Brazil; all of Aspicrna
from Columbia or the regions adjoining. In AspiceLa, however,
the claw is almost bifid, in AspHara it is either entirely unarmed
or at most appendiculated ; geographically, however, Aspicena will
represent the large Columbian forms of the more southern AsPHaRA.
Lirosonycua has a thorax which is quite distinct; it is more rectan-
gular, more quadrate, the sides are straight, not rounded, the mar-
gination is narrow and sharply defined, not broadly splayed, and the
anterior angles are less prominent and directed rather laterally than
forward.

The following diagnosis will point out the differing characters :—

AspHara, AspiceLa, LitosonycHa.

Caput verticale vel declive, breve, vix productum. Palpt mazillares art.
penultimo robusto, ultimo brevi. Scutellum triangulare. Elytra ovata
thorace ampliora, plerumque late marginata et levissime punctata, sed
interdum in genere ASPICELA vehementer rugosa. Antenne filiformes,
art. 80, 4°, et 5° subeequalibus. Thorax in

AspHRaA transversus, angulis anticis prominentibus et porrectis, lateribus
rotundatis et late marginatis ;

ASPICELA idem ac Asphera ;

Lirosonycua transversus, rectangularis, lateribus rectis et leviter mar-
ginatis, angulis anticis brevibus. Pedes satis graciles, unguiculis in

Aspumnra bifidis vel penitus bifidis,

ASPICELA appendiculatis,

Lirosonycua appendiculatis.

Genus AsPHaRA,

Of the many species which I have received as belonging to this
genus I have been able to retain only two or three, the majority of
reputed representatives being, in my opinion, examples of Ptena (or
Omophoita); the passage in truth between the two genera (as

380 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America.

between Ptena on the other side and G@dionychis) is somewhat arbi-
trary.
Asphera decipiens.

A. ovalis, punctata, flavo-fusca, antennis, tibiis, et tarsis nigris: caput
inter oculos transverse foveolatum, impunctatum : thorax impunctatus :
elytra crebre sed minute punctata: antenne nigra: pedes nee femori-
bus rufo-flavis : corpus subtus rufo-flavum.

Long. corp. lin, 3, lat. lin. 14.

Brazil.
Asphera fallax.

A, ovalis, nigra, thorace et fascia latissima elytrorum rufo-flavis : caput
super antennarum basin transverse foveolatum, sparsim sed fortiter
punctatum, nigrum: thorax late marginatus, impunctatus, rufo-flavus :
elytra impunctata, nigra disco medio transverse rufo-flavo, hee fascia
apud marginem usque ad humerum, et penitus ad apicem extendit:
antenne nigre : corpus subtus et pedes nigri.

Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin, 33.

Brazil. ,
Asphera subfasciata.

A, ovalis, subtiliter punctata, flava, fasciis elytrorum tribus pallide flavis:
caput inter oculos in forma literee T foveolatum, rufo-flayvum: thorax
rufo-flayus impunctatus: elytra subtiliter punctata, late marginata,
fasciis tribus (ante-media, media et basali) eequalibus transversis tenui-
bus flavis: corpus subtus, antenne, et pedes rufo-flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13.

Para, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Asphera marginata.

A, subparallela, elytris leviter punctatis, flava, elytris (marginibus ex-
ceptis) nigro-violaceis: caput et thorax impunctati: seutellum rufo-
flavum : elytra parallela levissime punctata, nigro-violacea, marginibus
usque ad apicem flavis: antenne flavee: corpus subtus rufo-flayum :
pedes flavi genubus fusco flavis.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 2.

Ega, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Genus Asprceta, Dej.

Four species of this‘ genus have been described by Latreille
(Humboldt, Voy. Zool. p.' 48, &e., plates 33 and 34), A. cretacea, A.
unipunctata, A. albomarginata, and A. scutata. The following
species also have been described by Guérin (Catal. Coleopt. Osculati
Verhandl. 1855, p. 609): A. Osculatii, A. rugosa, A. Bourcieri, and
A. nigro-viridis.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 381

The two following are among the undescribed species in my collec-
tion :—
Aspicela Balyit.

A, ovalis, punctata, luteo-albida, aliquando sutura et marginibus elytrorum
- tenuissime nigris: caput super antennarum basin transverse foveolatum,
punctatum, nigrum: thorax impunctatus albidus (macula interdum
media fuscescenti): scutellum impunctatum nigrum vel nigro-fuscum :
elytra late ovalia, crebre punctata, albida vel luteo-albida, aliquando
vel basi vel marginibus vel sutura tenue nigris: antenne nigree ; corpus
subtus et pedes nigri.

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 2

A. Balyit will, by reason of its pale coloration, stand next to A.
cretacea, Latr. Humb. Ins. ti. 51, and A. Osculatii, Guér. Catal.
Coleopt. Osculati. Verhandl. 1855, p. 609; it is abundantly distinct
from both, and would appear to be not at all an uncommon species
in Columbia.

I have pleasure in naming this species after my friend Mr. Baly,
whose long continued studies and perseverance constitute him a very
valued coadjutor in the examination of Phytophaga.

Asprcela discoidalis.

A. lata, subparallela, pallide viridis, elytris ad medium fortiter virescenti-
bus, forma et facie A. albomarginate, Latr.: caput punctatum nigrum :
thoraz levis impunctatus pallide viridis: elytra apud discum vehe-
menter rugosa marginibus leevioribus fortiter viridibus margine utrin-
que late pallide viridi: pedes, antenne, et corpus subtus nigyi.

Long. corp. lin, 34, lat, lin, 2,

This species in pattern resembles exactly A. albomarginata of
Latreille. The colours, however, are essentially different—green
margin of elytra and thorax instead of white, and dark green disk
of elytra instead of brilliant blue ; the rugosities also of the elytra
are not so coarse and prominent,

New Granada.

Lntosonycha nigripennis.

L, flava, elytris nigris margine tenui flavo: caput et thorax impunctati:
scutellum impunctatum, flavum: elytra levissima nigra, margine tenui
versus apicem latiori flavo: antenne, corpus subtus, et pedes flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 34, lat. lin, 14.

Nearly allied to LZ. marginata, but more parallel, less broad, and
the margins of the elytra more narrowly flavous.
Amazon, Santarem. Taken by Mr. Bates.

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382 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticiaze of South America.

Litosonycha adumbrata.

L. subparallela, rufo-flava, thorace flavo, elytris ad medium flavis: caput
breviter longitudinaliter foveolatum, rufo-flavum : thorax impunctatus
flavus: scutellum rufo-flavum: elytra subparallela, subtilissime punc-
tata, flava marginibus undique latius ad basin rufo-fusco adumbratis :
pedes et corpus subtus rufo-flavi: antenne rufo-fusce.

Long. corp. lin. 31, lat. lin. 14.

New Granada.

Intosonycha quadri-maculata.
I. flava, maculis in elytris quatuor magnis purpureo-nigris: caput et
thorax impunctati: scutellum rufo-flavum : elytra subtiliter punctata,
flava, maculis quatuor purpureo-nigris, una utrinque basali alteraque

apicali, magnis insulatis: pedes rufo-flavi: antenne rufo-flavee : corpus
subtus flavum.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

Amazon, Santarem. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Litosonycha bifasciata.

I. flava, elytris flavo-rufis flavo notatis: caput ad frontem longitudinaliter
foveolatum, rufo-flavum: thorax impunctatus, flavus ; sewtellum rufo-
flavum : elytra subtiliter punctata, rufo-flava, fascia media (transversa
zequali) fascia apicali et macula basali juxta scutellum flavis: antenne
rufo-flavee : corpus subtus et pedes flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 14.

Ega, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Genus Sopra, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1865, 342.
Axiotheata (Chevr.), Dej. Cat.

Breviter ovalis, subcircularis, depressa. Caput verticale, satis breve.
Palpi maczillares attenuati, art. penultimo tenui cylindrico, art. apicali
acuminato. Thorax transversus elytra latitudine penitus zequans, an-
gulis anticis et posticis subrotundatis, margine anteriori transverso,
postico subarcuato, lateribus rotundatis et marginatis; thorax declivis,
levis. Scutellum triangulare satis magnum. Elytra breviter ovata,
depressa, confuse et subtiliter punctata. Pedes robusti, breves; tibiis
posticis elongatulis ; tarsorwm articulis brevibus, unguiculis simplicibus.
Antenne breves, robust, incrassatze, art. 4°, 5°, et 6° secundo eequalibus.

This genus, SopHrNA, may readily be distinguished from MEponta
by its less circular, more ovate form, by the somewhat greater length
of its posterior tibie, which are not so robust, by its antenne not
filiform, but short and incrassated, and by its simple unguiculi, as
well as by the form of its maxillary palpi; from CyrrospH=Rvs it

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 383

differs in its very much smaller size, its attenuate palpi, the form of
the antennz, which are not so robustly incrassated (the joints 4-7
being subattenuate), and by its less robust and more elongate legs.

Sophrena fasciolata.

S. breviter ovalis, impunctata, flavo-rufa, thorace, tibiis posticis, ely-
trorum apice (late) et fascia transversa media lata nigris: caput rufo-
flavum macula insulata ad basin utrinque nigra: thorax declivis, niger
vel rufo-niger, angulis anticis rufo-tinctis: scwtellum triangulare, rufo-
fuscum : elytra lata, flavo-rufa, fascia lata eequali media, et basi late
nigris: antenne in exemplo unico desunt: pedes rufo-flavi, tibiis posticis
nigris: corpus subtus flavum.

Long. corp. lin. 24, lat. lin. 2.

I received a single example of this handsome species from the
Marquis La Ferté’s collection, who received it from Cayenne.

Sophrena simplex.

S. flavo-ferruginea, subtiliter punctata: caput inter oculos transverse et
arcuate foveolatum: thorax margine anteriori subtilissime marginatus,
impunctatus: elytra brevia, parallela, depressa, subtiliter et confuse
punctata: pedes et corpus subtus rufo-flavi: antenne fuscz, art. 1-60
flavis vel flavo-adumbratis.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 13.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Santarem, Amazons; and also received by
M. Chevrolat from Villa Nova.

Genus CramorHora, Dej. Cat.

Generi Aspicele approximans, sed certe distincta, magis ovata, latior.
Caput breve. Palpi mazillares elongatuli articulo, ultimo vix brevi
robusto sed elongatulo. Thorax brevis subtransversus, elytris multo
minor, lateribus subrotundatis et late marginatis, angulis anticis sub-
acutis haud versus caput sed ad latera tendentibus, basi sinuato, vix
foveolato. Scutellum elongato-triangulare. -Elytra lata, ad medium
ampliata, apice paulum producta, crebre et confuse punctata. Antenne
satis graciles, filiformes, art. 3-6° zequalibus, Pedes graciles, unguiculis
appendiculatis.

From Aspicela this genus is readily separated by its more elon-
gate maxillary palpi, its somewhat more slender antenne, its much
smaller thorax, and its more ovate, less parallel elytra; it is broader
also in proportion, less parallel than Litosonycha, its thorax is dif-
ferently shaped, being less quadrate, and its sides more constricted
in front.

384 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Clamophora generosa, Dej. Cat.

C. nigra, elytris nigro-cyaneis: caput super oculos arcuate foveolatum,
impunctatum: thorax crebre et confuse punctatus (punctis modicis,
zqualibus) : seetellum impunctatum: elytra confuse et fortiter punc-
tata: corpus subtus, pedes, et antenne nigree.

Var. A. Capite rufo-fusco.
Var. B. Capite et thorace rufo.
Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 21.

Brazil.
Clamophora sanguinicollis (De}. Cat.).

C. ceruleo-nigra, prothorace rufo-sanguineo: caput super oculos trans-
verse foveolatum, impunctatum: thorax ad basin obsolete et transverse
depressus, subtiliter et sparsim punctatus: scwtellum impunctatum
nitidum: elytra leviter et confuse punctata: pedes et corpus subtus
nigri: antenne nigro-fusce, art. 13° flavo-fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 43, lat. lin. 23.

C. sanguinicollis may be separated from var. B. of C. generosa by
the more minute punctures of the elytra.
Brazil. From the collection of M. Chevrolat.

Clamophora clypeata, Chevr. (Dej. Cat.).

C. late ovalis, nigra, vel nigro-violacea: caput super oculos transverse
foveolatum, subtiliter punctatum: thorax ad basin transverse depressus,
subtiliter punctatus: sewtellum impunctatum: elytra subtiliter punc-
tata: pedes, antenne, et corpus subtus nigyi.

Long. corp. lin. 34, lat. lin, 2.

C. clypeata may be distinguished from C. generosa by its much
smaller size, its comparatively greater breadth of elytra, and the
more minute punctures of the thorax.

Brazil.

Genus Peprtra, Clark.

Circularis, subdepressa. Caput breve, depressum ; oculis excavatis. Palpi
maxillares art. penultimo valde incrassato, apicali brevi triangulari.
Thorax late transversus, margine antico sinuato-emarginato, lateribus
antice rotundatis valde marginatis, angulis posticis acutis, margine
postico arcuato et subtiliter marginato. Sceutellum triangulare. Elytra
rotundata, humeris paulum ampliatis, brevia, confuse punctata. An-
tenne filiformes elongatulz, art. 1° subincrassato, art. 2° brevi et minuto,
art. 3 6° subzequalibus, art. 7-11° brevioribus. Pedes robusti; tediis
posticis fortibus, subincurvatis et apice ab inferiori parte dente brevi
armatis; ¢arsis brevibus, art. 2° minuto, unguiculis utrinque biden-
tatis.

Nas

Seer

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America, 385
Pedilia rufa.

P. cireularis, subdepressa, flava, vel rufo-flava: elytra confuse punctata :
antenne graciles, art. 7-119 infuscatis.
Long. corp. lin. 2, lat, lin. 14.

Taken in the neighbourhood of Para by Mr. Bates.

Genus Ora.
(Dej. in litt., haud in Dej. Cat.)

Ovalis, fortiter depressa et a latere visa tenuissima. Caput subporrectum
vix productum, transversum. Thorax transversus latere antico emar-
ginato, sed apud medium ampliato, i.e., fortiter transverse sinuato,
lateribus obliquatis, plus minus marginatis, basi sinuato et marginato
ad medium versus scutellum ampliato; thorax levis punctatus. Scu-
tellum late triangulare punctatum. Elytra depressa, post medium
latiora, apud apicem paulum producta, fortiter et confuse punctata.
Antenne filiformes, art. 2° et 3° brevibus et subeequalibus. Pedes femora
postica brevia et valde robusta; tibiis inermibus.

I have two species, one from Rio, the other from Mexico, which
constitute this genus; the form is peculiarly flattened, and the
insects are specially fragile; its ovate depressed form, thorax
medially rounded, both in the direction of the head and also of the
scutellum, robust and short posterior femora, and the short third
joint of the elytra abundantly separate it from all other groups.

Ora Grayn.

O. flava, elytris fusco-brunneis, flavo-notatis: caput punctatum: thorax
leviter punctatus, pallide flavus ad medium basin fusco adumbratus:
scutellum nigro-fuscum : elytra crebre punctata, fusco-brunnea, sutura,
vitta media a basi ad apicem, et margine tenuiter flavis, fascia etiam
ante-media subobliqua a lateribus ad suturam: corpus subtus, pedes, et
antenne flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. Jin. 12.

I dedicate this species to my friend John Gray, Esq., as one of the
many fruits of our rambles together in South America. Taken by
Mr. Gray at Constancia, Rio Janeiro, Jan. 1857.

Ora Chevrolatii.

O. rufo-brunnea, flavo-maculata: caput et thorax fortiter et crebre punc-
tati, rufi: scutellum punctatum nigrum: elytra rufo-brunnea, margine
sutura et vittis 4-utrinque interruptis parallelis flavis, basis etiam
(latius) fascia post medium (vix suturam attinens) et fascia apicalis

386 Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America.

(ineequalis, vix margines attinens) flavee: antenne, pedes, et corpus
subtus rufo-flavi.
Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 14.

Mexico. From the collection of M. Chevrolat.

Genus Crrtospu rvs, Clark.

Breviter ovatus, rotundatus, depressus, e majoribus. Caput proclive,
breve. Palpi maxillares breves, art. penultimo robusto, breyi, art.
ultimo triangulari breviter acuminato. Antenne breves, incrassate,
articulo basali elongato, 2° brevi, 3° secundo longiori, tenuiori, 4-11°
brevibus modice incrassatis. Thorax transversus, late rotundatus, an-
gulis anterioribus et posticis vix prominulis, margine anteriori paulum
emarginato, lateribus subrotundatis et marginatis, basi subsinuato.
Scutellum triangulare. Elytra brevia rotundata, subdepressa. Pedes
robusti; wnguiculis simplicibus,

Cyrtospherus ferrugineus.

C. ferrugineus: caput super antennarum basin transverse subcarinatum,
leeve, pallide flavum: thorax impunctatus, levis, ferrugineus margini-
bus tenuiter fuscis: scutellum triangulare, leeve: elytra lata, depressa,
subtilissime punctata, ferruginea juxta margines et suturam pallidiora,
marginibus tenuiter fuscis: pedes ferruginei genibus breviter fuscis :
corpus subtus ferrugineum: antenne rufo-ferruginee, art. 7-11° nigris.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 24.

Amazon, Para, Taken by Mr. Bates.

Genus DipHavtaca, Chevr.
(Dej. Cat. D’Orb. Dict. Univ. H. Nat. v. 46).

Ovata, vel interdum subparallela, satis robusta, elytris plerumque punc-
tato striatis. Caput penitus verticale, breve. Palpi mazillares articulo
ultimo, producto et acuminato. Thorax transversus, elytris angustior,
angulis anticis mucronatis, lateribus rotundatis et late marginatis, basi
fovea transversa vix latera attinenti. Scutellum triangulare. Elytra
thorace latiora, pone medium plerumque paulum ampliata, ad apicem
rotundata, ad latera marginata. Antenne filiformes, art. 1 elongato,
apice incrassato ad basin plerumque constricto, 2° brevi, 3°, 4°, et 5°
subeequalibus. Pedes, tarsis posticis ad apices tibiarum insertis ; w-
guiculis intus utrinque dente brevi armatis.

Diphaulaca sulcata.

D. nigra, elytris viridi-nigris: caput super antennarum basin transverse
foveolatum, impunctatum : thorax levissime punctatus : seutellum leve :
elytra undecim carinis obsoletis utrinque ornata, interstitia depressa et
fortiter punctata: pedes, antenne, et corpus subtus nigri.

Long. corp. lin, 33, lat. lin. 2.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 387

A common species near Rio Janeiro, and probably in other parts
of Brazil.

Diphaulaca viridipennis.

D. lata, ovata, subtilissime punctato-striata, rufa, elytris viridibus nitidis :
caput impunctatum rufum: thorax lateribus distincte marginatis im-
punctatus rufus: seutellum triangulare rufum: elytra ovata, satis de-
pressa, subtiliter striato-punctata, punctis interdum vix ordine dispo-
sitis: corpus subtus rufum: pedes rufi; tarsi nigro-fusci: antenne
rufte.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

Taken by Mr, Bates at Ega and also at Santarem, Amazons.

Diphaulaca costulata.

D. parallela, rufa, elytris punctatis subcostatis : caput inter oculos quasi
bituberculatum : thorax ad latera sparsim punctatus: elytra parallela,
satis depressa, punctata, costis obsoletis (levibus haud punctatis) ornata,
inter costas puncta conferta haud ordinata minuta apparent, cost
versus latera evanescunt ; corpus subtus rufum ; pedes rufi; tibiee tarsi-
que nigri: antenna, art. 1-8° rufi, 4° fusco, reliqui desunt.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 13.

To be distinguished from its congeners by its somewhat greater
breadth of thorax ; in this respect it is, allied to D. punctata, from
which species it is separated by its obsoletely raised costs on the
elytra.

Brazil.

Diphaulaca rubens.

D. subparallela, striato-punctata, rufa: caput super oculos fovea veluti
litera T ornatum: thorax angulis obsoletioribus, ad latera late mar-
ginatus: scutellum triangulare impunctatum: elytra parallela, satis
elongata, striato-punctata, punctis crebris minutis nunc striato ordi-
natis nunc confusis: corpus subtus rufum: antenne nigre, art. 13°
flavescentibus : pedes rufi; tibis et tarsis nigris.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 14.

D. rubens may be separated from D. costulata and D. contempta
by its even and unstriated elytra, from D. punctata by its regularly
arranged stria, and from all three by its greater size.

Brazil.

Diphaulaca erythrodera, Dej. Cat.

D. ovalis, punctata nigra prothorace rufo: caput ad frontem longitudi-
naliter carinatum, et super oculos transverse arcuatim foveolatum, im-
punctatum, rufum: thorax transversus, late marginatus ad latera,
leviter punctatus : scutellwm impunctatum rufum : elytra lata, crebre et

388 Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America.

confuse punctata: pedes nigri femoribus anterioribus flavis: corpus
subtus nigrum : antenne nigro-fusce, art. 1-3 flavescentibus.

Long. corp. lin. 44, lat. lin. 24.

Brazil.
Diphaulaca marginata.

D. oblonga par allela, elytris subtiliter punctatis, flava, elytris seargeeins
exceptis nigris: caput breve, impunctatum, declive, flavum fronte
nigro: thorax impunctatus flavus: scutellum fuscum: elytra parallela
nitida, nigra, marginibus tenuiter et eequaliter flavis: corpus subtus et
pedes flavi: antenne flavo-fusce, articulis ultimis vel 8-11, vel 9-119,
vel 10°, 11° albido testaceis.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 1}.

Ega, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Diphaulaca apicalis.

D. oblongo-ovalis, confuse punctata, fusco-flava apicibus elytrorum nigro-
maculatis: caput impunctatum flavum : thorax fovea transversa basali
haud profunda, fusco-flavus: seawtellum impunctatum: elytra penitus
parallela, confuse punctata, macula utrinque apicali insulata nigra:
antenne fuscze, art. 13° flavo-adspersis, art. 8-11° pallide testaceis :
pedes et corpus subtus rufo-flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin, 1}.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Ega, Amazon.

Diphaulaca rigro-apicata.

D, oblongo-oyalis, punctato-striata, flava, elytrorum apicibus late nigris:
caput inter oculos arcuate foveolatum: thorax impunctatus, vix ut in
D. dimidiata latus, rectangularis: scutellum triangulare impunctatum :
elytra haud parallela, ovalia, punctato-striata, interstitiis (praecipue
versus latera) costatis: antenne fuscee, art. 1-80 flavis: pedes flavi:
corpus subtus flavum, abdomine nigro-fusco.

Long. corp. lin, 24, lat. lin. 13.

D. wagro-apicata differs from D. dimidiata by the colour of the
antenn and of the abdomen, the smaller size of the thorax, and the
peculiar costate markings on the elytra.

A single specimen of this distinct species was taken by my friend
Mr. John Gray, at Petropolis, Rio Janeiro, on our visit to Brazil, in
February 1857.

Diphaulaca dimidiata.
D. oblongo-ovalis, confuse punctata, flava, elytrorum apicibus late nigris:
caput fovea transversa inter oculos, impunctatum: thorax latus, vix
elytra latitudine sequans, subquadratus, impunctatus: scutellwm trian-

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 389

gulare: elytra parallela, confuse punctata, flava, hemielytris apicalibus

nigris marginibus tenuiter flavis: pedes, antenne, et corpus subtus flavi.
Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 14.

D. dimidiata may readily be distinguished from the Rio Janeiro
species D. nigro-apicata, which resembles it in colour: the antennz
are entirely pale, the thorax is relatively much broader, and the
elytra are not punctate-striate, but confusedly punctate.

Guyana. From the collection of M. Chevrolat.

Genus PsrrapHa, Clark.

Lata, satis depressa, parallela. Caput penitus verticale, vix productum.
Palpi maxillares elongatuli, art. penultimo cylindrico, ultimo producto
acuminato, Antenne filiformes, elongate, art. 1 versus basin valde
constricto, et ad apicem inflato elongato (art. secundum longitudine
superanti), art. 2 brevi, art. 3 secundum articulum penitus triplo longi-
tudine excellenti, reliqui fere cequales et art. 3 breviores; art. 3, et ob-
solete art. 4-7, ad apices inflati vel incrassati sunt. Thorax latus,
elytra amplitudine penitus equans, subquadratus, lateribus undique
sinuatis et marginatis, ad basin fovea transversa vix margines attinet.
Scutellum late triangulare. Elytra parallela robusta, post medium a
latere visa paulum inflata, versus apicem subattenuata, marginata,
striato-punctata. Pedes robusti, femora antica versus apicem valde
incrassata, et margine inferiori fortiter emarginata; tébie antics
paulum incurvate, et versus apicem incrassate, mediz et posticee
rect; tarsi, art. 2ndo brevi triangulari, 3tio valde bilobo, 4to elongato ;
unguiculi ab inferiori parte dente brevi utrinque armati.

A very remarkable form, conspicuous at once by its strangely
robust anterior femora, and also notable for its largely developed
thorax, which is as broad as and more than one-third of the length
of the elytra; the basal transverse groove of the thorax and its
punctate-striate elytra will place this form next in order to Di-
phaulaca.

Psilapha flava.

P. breviter parallela, punctato striata, flava: caput inter oculos foveola in
forma W, et altera versus basin transversa arcuata, caput impunctatum :
thorax margine laterali utrinque rugoso vel punctis obsoletis inzequali-
bus notato: scutellum impunctatum: elytra brevia versus apicem
attenuatiora, striato-punctata, punctis sparsis et versus apicem obso-
letis, nota utrinque transversa brevi post-media fusca: pedes flavi ;
tarsis fusco-flavis: antenne fusco-flavee, art. 1-30 flavis: corpus subtus
flavum.

Long. corp. lin. 2%, lat. lin, 13.

Thave asingle example of this species from the Marquis La Ferté’s
collection. New Granada.

390 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Genus Oxyconvs*.

Satis lata, subparallela, elytris plerumque levibus, haud striato-punctatis.
Caput penitus verticale breve. Palpi mazillares articulo ultimo sub-
globoso, parum cylindrico. Thorax transversus, elytris angustior,
lateribus marginatis et rotundatis, et angulis posticis etiam rotundatis,
angulis ipsis dente brevi vel tuberculo notatis, angulis anticis plerum-
que breviter prominulis, thorax ad basin vix transverse foveolatus.
Scutellum triangulare. Elytra parallela, apice rotundato, punctata,
haud striata. Pedes modice elongati; unguiculis dente brevi ad basin
utrinque armatis. Antenne filiformes, art. 1° elongato, 2° brevi, 3-11°
secundo longioribus, subzequalibus.

Oxygona acutangula, Chevr. Col. Mex. 1. c. fas. 3. 1.

melanocera, Klug, MSS.
tarsalis, Reiche, MSS. |

Var. A. denticollis, Germar (MSS. ?).
geniculata, De}. Cat. ed. 3. p. 413.
tibialis, Reiche, MSS.
Baluaria, Chevr. MSS.
nigricornis, Chevr. MSS.

O. parallelus, punctatus, flavus, antennis femorum apicibus tibiis tarsisque
aliquando etiam abdominis apice nigris : caput super antennarum bases
transverse et inequaliter depressum, impunctatum, nitidum: thorax
impunctatus, levis, margine anteriori plus minus marginato: scutellum
triangulare, impunctatum: elytra robusta, parallela, punctata, punctis
aliquando obsoletioribus: corpus subtus pallide flavum, abdominis apice
nigro-fusco: pedes pallide flavi, genubus tibiis tarsisque nigris: antenne
nigre.

Long. corp. lin. 33-33, lat. lin, 23-24.

As will be evident from the synonymy, I have included as the re-
presentatives of one single species several slightly aberrant forms.
O. acutangulus, Chevr., is found only in Mexico, where it is probably
not uncommon; it is larger and of more pallid colour than its
Brazilian representative, this is the denticollis of Germar, which I
believe to be nothing more than a local variety; it is somewhat
smaller, decidedly more rufous, the legs are generally entirely black,
and the punctuation of the elytra is, in some examples, manifestly
more coarse. I possess a specimen from Monte Video, and another
labelled Cayenne, which are smaller in size. The species has (if I
am right in my determination) a very extended range, being found
from Mexico to the Plate River.

* T change Oxycona, Chevr., into Oxygonus; the name Oxyconta having been
more recently appropriated.—H. C,

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 391

Oxygonus violaceipenns.

O. rufus, punctatus, elytris nigris vel violaceo-nigris: caput inter oculos
transverse foveolatum, nitidum, rufo-flavum: thorax impunctatus,
rufus: scutellum triangulare impunctatum: elytra leviter punctata,
violaceo-nigra marginibus tenuiter rufis: pedes (tibiis nigris) et corpus
subtus rufo-ferruginei: antenne rufo-fusce, art, 1-3 flavo-rufis.

Long. corp. lin. 33,-Jat. lin. 13.

Brazil.

Oxygonus interruptus.

O. oblongus, parallelus, punctatus, niger, prothorace elytrorum maculis
corpore subtus et pedibus flavo-rufis : caput inter oculos leviter trans-
verse depressum, flavum, basi ad medium nigro-fusca: thorax impunc-
tatus, flavus: scutellum triangulare, impunctatum, flavum: elytra
leviter punctata, nigra, vittis utrinque duabus interruptis et macula
insulata versus apicem flavis; vittee inzequales longitudinaliter dis-
posite insulate, macula brevis versus apicem haud suturam attinet:
corpus subtus flavum: pedes flavi; tibie et tarsi nigra: antenne in
exemplo unico, eheu ! desunt.

Long. corp. lin, 3, lat. lin. 13.

O. interruptus is remarkable by the singular pattern of its elytra.
On either side two irregularly formed and uneven flavous longi-
tudinal markings occupy the apical portion, touching neither the
suture, the base, nor the margin ; near the apex is another shorter
and insulated marking.

I have a single example from Cayenne, from the collection of M.

Thomson,

Oxygonus exornatus.

O. parallelus, punctatus, niger, prothorace, antennarum basi, fascia media
lata et marginibus elytrorum rufo-flavis: caput super antennarum bases
transverse foveolatum, impunctatum, leve, rufo-flavum: thorax basi
sed haud margine anteriore marginato, impunctatus, nitidus: scautellum
impunctatum, flavum : elytra parallela, satis depressa, leviter punctata,
nigra, fascia media lata et marginibus (tenuiter) rufis: corpus subtus
nigrum: pedes nigri, anticis rufis: antenne nigro-fusce, art. 1 et 2
flavis.

Long. corp. lin, 33, lat. lin. 14.

O. exornatus approaches O. succinctus, but is in form decidedly nar-
rower, and wants the medial frontal fovea of this latter species ; the
coloration also is different.

I possess an example from Brazil, from the collection of the Marquis
La Ferté.

Oxygonus succinctus, Dej. Cat.

O. parallelus, robustus, rufus, elytrorum basi late et plaga utrinque maxima
apicali nigris: caput super antennarum bases utrinque oblique foveo-

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latum, ad frontem etiam fovea media; subtilissime punctatum : thorax
levis, margine anteriori et basi marginatis: scutellum triangulare
nitidum, impunctatum : elytra robusta, subtiliter punctata, basi late et
plaga maxima post media (hemielytron apicale occupante, subcireu-
lari, haud margines attinente) nigris : corpus subtus rufo-flavum ; meta-
sterno fusco adumbrato: pedes rufo-flavi; femoribus posticis ad apices
fuscis: antenne fusce, art. 1 et 2 rufo-flavis.
Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 14.

I received a specimen, in the Cheyrolat collection, from Cayenne.

Oxygonus rubidus.

O. e majoribus, rubidus, pedibus nigris: caput super oculos utrinque ob-
lique, et ad medium longitudinaliter foveolatum ; puncta ad frontem
sparsa apparent: thorax ad basin et antice marginatus: scutellwm im-
punctatum : elytra lata, parallela, punctata : corpus subtus rufo-flavum :
pedes nigri; femoribus basalibus rufo-flavis: antenne nigr, articulis
apud apices flavo-annulatis.

Long. corp. lin. 44, lat. lin. 24.

O. rubidus is the largest known species of the genus ; it is nearly
allied to the widely distributed species O. acutangulus, Chevr., but
may be distinguished from it by its larger size, its specially rufous
coloration with black legs, as well as by the medial fovea and
sparingly arranged punctures on the head.

I have a single example, captured by Mr. Bates at St. Paulo, on
the Amazons.

Oxygonus adumbratus.

O. parallelus, robustus, flavus, elytris fusco-adumbratis: caput mter ocu-
los utrinque oblique foveolatum, impunctatum: thorax impunctatus,
ad basin et antice marginatus: scutellum impunctatum, flavum : elytra
parallela, punctata (punctis minutis, et juxta apicem obsoletis), flava,
maculis quibusdam incertis fuscis adumbrata: corpus subtus flayo-
ferrugineum : pedes fusco-nigri; femoribus flavis: antenne rufo-fuscie,
art. 1-3 rufo-flavis.

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 14.

Nearly allied to O. acutangulus, but I believe a different species ;
the coloration is different, and the form somewhat more depressed ;
the markings on the elytra are irregular, and may be described as a
dark ferrugineous shade or cloud over the whole of the middle of
the elytra, which does not touch the margins; the thorax also is a
trifle more transverse in form, and the whole body somewhat more
elongate than that of O. acutangulus.

I have an example in my collection, captured by Mr. Bates at
Tunantins, Amazon.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 393

Oxygonus nigripenns.

O. rufus, elytris pedibusque (femoribus basalibus exceptis) nigris: caput
inter oculos oblique et ad frontem medium longitudinaliter fortiter
foveolatum ita ut frons bituberculatus apparet: thorax antice et ad
basin marginatus, impunctatus: scutellum rufum: elytra satis lata
punctata nigra nitida, marginibus tenuiter rufis: corpus subtus rufo-
ferrugineum : pedes nigri; femoribus basalibus flavis: antenne rufe.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

The only species known to me, with the exception of O. violacez-
pennis of this paper, the elytra of which are black and immaculate:
from this latter species it may be readily separated by the deep and
conspicuous longitudinally fovea on its head.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Ega, Amazons.

Oxygonus luridulus.

O. oblongus, parallelus, punctatus, luride flavus : caput inter oculos trans-
verse iterumque ad frontem longitudinaliter foveolatum, impunctatum :
thorax impunctatus, flavus: scutellum fusco-flavum: elytra obsolete
punctata, luride flava: antenne, pedes et corpus subtus flava.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13.

I cannot but regard this as a distinct species ; it is closely allied
to O. simplex, but differs in the medial frontal fovea, which is broad
and short, and also in the distinctly more abrupt and prominent
angles of the thorax.

Brazil. A single specimen from the collection of the Marquis La
Ferté. :

Oxygonus simplex.

O. parallelus, punctatus, pallide flavus: caput super antennarum basin
oblique foveolatum, etiamque fovea ad medium brevis, profunda, longi-
tudinalis: thorax angulis anticis et posticis vix ut in O. luridulo pro-
minulis, impunctatus: scwtellum impunctatum : elytra leviter punctata ;
corpus subtus, antenne et pedes pallide flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

Of an entirely pale flavous colour. To be separated from 0. luri-
dulus by the obsolete angles of the thorax, and by the absence of any
medial fovea of the head: it is very nearly allied to 0. acutangulus,
Chevr., but is much smaller; the antenne, always black in that
species, are here pale flavous, and the medial marking on the head
is of quite a different form ; it is transverse and narrow, rather than
short deep and broad as in that species.

Santarem, Amazon. Taken by Mr. Bates.

22

394 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America.

Oxygonus fusco-maculatus.

O. parallelus, punctatus, flavus, fusco-maculatus : caput super antennarum
basin transverse foveolatum, impunctatum, flavum: thorar margine
anteriore et postico tenue marginatis; impunctatus, flavus: seutellum
impunctatum, flavo-fuscum: elytra punctata, flava, fusco-maculata,
macula ad scutellum (oblonga, communis), ad humeros (marginalis,
tenuis) pone humeros (insulata, parva) et juxta apicem versus mar-
ginem (arcuata): pedes et antenne flavi: corpus subtus flavum ;- meta-
sterno fusco,

Long. corp. lin. 8, lat. lin. 13.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Santarem, Amazons.

Oxygonus sex-notatus.

O. parallelus, punctatus, flavus, elytris nigris, flavo-maculatis : caput inter
oculos utrinque oblique foveolatum, fovea etiam media longitudinalis,
sparsim punctatum, nigrum: thorax impunctatus, margine anteriore
etiamque posteriore tenuiter marginatis, flavus: scutellwm triangulare,
impunctatum, leve, rufo-flavum : elytra parallela, punctata, nigra, flavo-
maculata, macula utrinque juxta basin obliqua, altera pone medium
transversa versus marginem deflecta, tertia juxta apicem insulata cir-
cularis : corpus subtus fusco-flavum : pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque nigris :
antenne axt. 1-8 fuscee, e parte inferiori flavee ; articuli reliqui desunt.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13.

I possess a single specimen, taken by Mr. Bates at Para.

Genus Ruopatatoma, Clark.

Elongato-ovale, depressum. Caput declive, vix productum. Palpi maxil-
lares elongati, art. 2 et 3 cylindricis et apud apices subglobosis, art. 4
breviore acuminato. Thorax depressus, quadratus, vix elytra ampli-
tudine equans, angulis anticis prominulis et acutis, lateribus rotundatis
et late marginatis, disco in specie unico crebre rugoso et inzequaliter
tuberculato, vel interdum fortiter punctato. Scutellum triangulare,
leve. Elytra haud parallela, apice rotundata, depressa, crebre punc-
tata. Antenne elongate, tenues, filiformes, art. basali producto et ad
apicem subgloboso, art. 2 brevi, art. 4-11 subsequalibus. Pedes elon-
gati; tibi’s anterioribus subarcuatis ; tars¢s productis ; weguiculis sim-
plicibus ad basin appendiculatis.

Rhopalotoma tuberculatum.

R. depressum, rugosum, elytris crebre punctatis, rufo-brunneum : caput
fronte rugoso, tuberculis duobus inter oculos tertioque medio versus
frontem: thorax depressus, lateribus elevatis, apud discum utrinque
elevatio circularis insulata obsoleta apparet (hee elevatio aliquando
evanescit), thorax crebre et fortiter punctatus: scutellum triangulare,

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 395

impunctatum: elytra depressa, crebre punctata: pedes, corpus subtus et
antenne rufo-brunnei,
Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 2.

New Grenada. From the collections of M. Chevrolat and the
Marquis La Ferté.

Rhopalotoma viridipenne.

R., subparallelum, depressum, rufo-flavum, elytris viridibus: caput disco
inter oculos subelevato et longitudinaliter ad medium foveolato, basi
crebre punctulato: thorax subquadratus, lateribus valde marginatis,
disco utrinque ad medium obsolete elevato, impunctatus: seutellum
trisngulare, leve, rufum: elytra parallela, punctata, punctis crebris
magnis et confusis, valde marginata, quoad colorem viridia, marginibus
rufis: antenne rufo-fusce : corpus subtus rufo-flavum : pedes rufo-flavi,
tibiis tarsisque fuscatis.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

New Grenada. From the collection of the Marquis La Ferté.

Genus Lacrica, Er. Consp. Ins. Peru; Wieg. Arch. 1847, 173.

Camena, Baly, Journ. Ent. vi. 1862, plate 21. fig. 6 (not 7). Mono-
macra, De}. Cat.
Lacpatica, Chevy. Dej. Cat. Strabala, Chevy.

Lata, parallela, brevis, elytris plerumque levibus. Caput breve, sessile.
Palpi mavillares, art. ultimo brevi et subgloboso. Thorax transversus,
angulis distinctis et plerumque rectis, lateribus subparallelis et mar-
ginatis; ad basin fovea transversa profunda vix margines attinet.
Scutellum triangulare. Elytra payrallela, brevia, rarius striato-punctata.
Pedes satis elongati; unguiculis penitus simplicibus, dente brevi mi-
nuto juxta apices (haud ad basin utrinque pertingenti). Antenne fili-
formes, art. 1 elongato et ad apicem inflato; art. 2 brevi; art. 3 vix
vel paulum secundum longitudine superante ; art. 4~1] subzequalibus.

Lactica quadrimaculata,

L, pallide flava, elytris nigris maculis quatuor: caput impunctatum,
nigrum: thorax impunctatus, levis: elytra levigata, parallela, flava,
maculis quatuor magnis ornata, nigris insulatis ovalibus, una utrinque
ad basin, alteraque ad apicem: corpus subtus flavum: pedes et antenne
omnino flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 13.

Nearly allied to Z. macula, Fab. Syst. El. 491. 70 (=quadrata,
De}. Cat.), differing from it only in the colour of the legs and the
much larger spots on the elytra. It is possible that it may be a local
variety of Z. macula, which is a common species at Rio Janeiro.

Ega, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

396 Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Lactica azuretpennis.

L. lata, ovalis, elytris confuse et subtiliter punctatis azureis, flava: capu.
carina inter antennarum bases brevi longitudinali, impunctatum : thorax
latus, transversus, fovea basali arcuata et profunda: scutellum triangulare,
impunctatum : elytra lata, parallela, apice rotundata, confuse punctata,
punctis minutis et versus apicem obsoletis: antenne fusce, art. 1-5
plus minus flavis: pedes rufi: corpus subtus rufum.

Long. corp. lin, 3, lat. lin, 14.

S. Paulo, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Lactica tibialis, Baly.
Journ. Ent. vi. 1862, pl. 31. fig. 6 (not fig. 7).
Lactica violacetpennis (Dej. Cat.).

LL. rufo-flava, elytris nigro-violaceis : caput impunctatum, flavum : thorax
angulis anticis prominulis, latus, transversus, rectangularis, fovea basali
abrupto et profundo: seutellum triangulare, impunctatum, flayo-rufum :
elytra robusta, parallela, brevia, confuse punctata, punctis plus minus
minutis et versus apicem obsoletis: corpus subtus flayum : pedes flavi ;
tibiis tarsisque nigris: antenne nigre, art. 1 rufo-flayo, art. 9-11
albidis.

Long. corp. lin. 83, lat. lin, 13.

I have received this species from Cayenne, Brazil, and Mexico,
and have also captured it at Rio Janeiro; there is no difference
whatever among the several examples, except in degree of punctua-
tion of the elytra; one of my examples from Cayenne shows a ten-
dency to rufous coloration at the apex of the elytra, and has the five
instead of the three terminal joints of the antennz white.

Lactica marginata.

L. lata, depressa, subtiliter punctata, flava, elytris (marginibus preeter-
missis) pedibusque nigris: caput impunctatum: thorar fovea basali
haud profunda, impunctatus, flavus: seutellum rufo-flavum : elytra lata,
subovata, subtiliter punctata, nigra, margine utrinque lato equali rufo-
flavo: corpus subtus rufo-flavum: pedes nigri: antenne albido-tes-
tacee.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 1}.

S. Paulo, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Lactica sponsa, De}. Cat.

L. parallela, flava, elytris cyaneis: caput super oculos oblique etiamque
ad medium arcuate foveolatum, impunctatum: thorax fovea transversa
basali profunda, impunctatus : scwtellum impunctatum, flavum : elytra
fortiter variolosa, punctis interdum confluentibus, cyaneis vel nigro-

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 397

cyaneis: corpus subtus flavum: pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque nigris:

antenne nigre, art. 1 interdum flavescente, et 10 et 11 albidis.
Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

There is some variation of colour in the antenne of this species,
occasionally the last joints of the antenne are white.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Obydos, Amazons; received also from
Cayenne and Brazil.

Lactica basalis.

L. lata, depressa, subtiliter punctata, rufo-flava, elytrorum basibus nigro-
fuscis: caput haud foveolatum, impunctatum: thorax fovea basali lata
et profunda, impunctatum: sewtellum flavum: elytra lata, subtiliter
punctata, rufo-flava, plaga maxima utrinque ad basin subquadrata
basin sed neque suturam neque marginem attinente, nigro-fusca:
corpus subtus flavo-fuscum : pedes flavi, posticis interdum flavo-fuscis :
antenne flavee.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin, 14.

Obydos, Amazons, Taken by Mr. Bates.

Lactica semingra.

I. robusta, satis depressa, obsolete punctata, nitida, flava, elytris ad apicem
nigris: caput ad frontem fovea utrinque obliqua, impunctatum : thorax
impunctatus, nitidus: scutellum flayum: elytra robusta, subtiliter et
sparsim punctata, flava, hemielytra apicalia nigra: corpus subtus flavum,
abdomine interdum fusco: pedes et antenne flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

Taken by Mr. Bates at Ega, Amazons.

Lactica pallida.

L. pallide testacea: caput fronte nigro: thorax impunctatus: seutellum
flayo-testaceum ; elytra parallela satis depressa subtilissime punctata :
antenne flav, vel articulis mediis (4-8) nigro-fuscis : pedes et corpus
subtus flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 1.

Uniformly of a pale flavous colour, the front of the head being
black ; in this as in other species, the antenne manifest the greatest
tendency to variation, I have two examples before me from the
same locality, of these one has its antenne entirely pale flavous,
the other has the fourth to the eighth joints black.

Taken at Ega, Amazons, by Mr. Bates.

Genus Trwosts, Clark.

Elongata, parallela. Caput penitus verticale, vix productum. Palpi
maxilares cylindrici, art. ultimo elongatulo. Thorax transversus, sub-

398 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

quadratus, rectangularis, margine antico transverso vix excavato, late-
ribus rectis, marginatis, basi transversa, angulis anticis et posticis sub-
rotundatis sed dente brevi notatis; ad basin fovea transversa latera
attinet, thorax impunctatus. Scutellum triangulare. lytra parallela,
elongata, striato-punctata. Antenne filiformes, art. 3 secundum longi-
tudine superante, sed art. 4-9 breviore. Pedes femora robusta in g infra
ad medium fortiter angulata; tibie robustee, ad apices dente brevi ar-
mate; tarsorum anteriorum in ¢ art. basalis latus; wnguiculi bi-
dentati.

The genus Jenosis represents a very distinct form, elongate and
parallel; the thorax is rounded at the angles, and has a basal trans-
verse fovea; the femora of the dare armed with an inner medial
angular projection, and the unguiculi are manifestly bidentate.

Tenosis purpureipennis.

T. rufa, elytris purpureis : caput super antennarum basin medio impressum,
sparsim punctatum, nitidum : thorax confuse punctatus, rufus: seutellum
rufo-fuscum : e/ytra striato-punctata, punctis ordinatis zequalibus: an-
tenne rufo-fuscee, art. 1-3 rufo-flavis: pedes et corpus subtus rufi.

Long. corp. lin. 2}, lat. lin. 4.

Var. A. Corpus subtus et pedes nigro-violacei, femoribus apicalibus
exceptis.

Taken by Mr. Gray and myself at Petropolis, Rio Janeiro, in Feb-
ruary 1857.
In the cabinet of Mr. Baly and my own.

Genus Cmporis, Dej. Cat. 1837, p. 411.

Parallelo-ovalis, depressa. Caput subproductum. Palpi macillares cylin-
drici, art. ultimo et penultimo paulum inflatis. Thorax transversus,
lateribus subrotundatis et marginatis, angulis prominulis, ad basin trans-
verse foveolatus. Scutellum triangulare, apice brevi vel subtruncato.
Elytra parallela, depressa, thorace paulum latiora, apice rotundata,
levia. Antenne filiformes, satis robust, art. 3 secundo latiore, sed 1
et 4 breviore. Pedes graciles; wnguiculis penitus simplicibus, leviter
appendiculatis. .

Ceporis is, by its form generally, its antenne and its slender legs,
related to Cacoscelis. It differs from this genus in its more transverse
and more distinctly angulated thorax, in the basal fovea of the thorax,
in its impunctate elytra, and in the more simple form of unguiculi,
those of Cacoscelis being either decidedly appendiculate or else armed
with a second inner tooth.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 399

Ceporis subcostata.

C. nigra, thorace et margine elytrorum (tenuiter) flavis : caput ad oculorum
margines fortiter punctatum, leve, nigrum: thorax levis, flavus, macula
media antica transversa et altera basali, macula etiam laterali utrinque
fusco-flavis: scutellum impunctatum, nigrum: elytra levia, subtilissime
rugosa, nigra, leviter flavo-marginata: antenne, pedes et corpus subtus
nigri.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

Mexico. From the collection of the Marquis La Ferté.

Ceporis marginata.

C. nigra, thorace, sutura, et marginibus flavis: caput impunctatum, flavum:
thorax ad basin confuse punctatus, flavus, macula media nigra insulata :
scutellum impunctatum, nigrum : elytra parallela, leevia vel subtilissime
punctata, nigra, sutura et margine tenuiter flavis: antenne rufo-fusce ;.
pedes nigri; tibiis tarsisque flavis: corpus subtus nigrum.

Long. corp. lin. 22, lat. lin. 1.

Buenos Ayres. From the collection of M. Chevrolat.

Genus Prtonta, Clark.

Ovalis, satis depressa. Caput breve, verticale; ocwl ovales, apud mar-
ginem interiorem sinuati, vix excavati. Palpi mazillares satis elongati,
art, 2ndo cylindrico, 3tio aliquot inflato brevi, 4t¢ brevi triangulari.
Thorax transversus, rectangularis, vix latitudine elytrorum basin
zequans, angulis anticis subrotundatis posticis subacutis, lateribus satis
marginatis et subrotundatis, disco plerumque impunctato, apud basin
fovea transversa obsoleta lata. Scutellwm triangulare, impunctatum.
Elytra subparallela, apice rotundata, subtilissime reticulata, et inter-
dum sparsim et confuse punctata. Antenne filiformes, graciles, art. 3
paulum secundum superante, art. 4, 5, et 6 subaqualibus longioribus.
Pedes modice elongati; tarsorum art. 2 minuto; wngwiculis simplicibus.

I have formed this genus for the reception of a little group of
pretty species, chiefly Amazonian, which have manifestly a special
relationship to each other, but the relationship of which to and its
differences from other allied groups it is not so easy to describe in
writing. The species that compose it may primd facie be distin-
guished by the peculiar, fine reticulation of their elytra, which
makes the surface appear dull and dead, rather than shining; they
may also be well separated from neighbouring forms by other cha-
racters—the relative lengths of the joints of the antenne, the dis-
tinct but obsolete transverse depression of the basal part of the
thorax, and the form of the maxillary palpi.

The following species are here described :—

400 Rey. H: Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

A. Elytris concoloribus.

1. Nigris prothorace rufo.......... P. nigripennis. Ega.

2; NigtO-CYANCIS. ico %):. bola abi gio P. nigro-violacea, Santarem.
B. Elytris vittatis.

DS. INISTIS, VAtbA CHAVA i ccpepauteia seelo= P. vittata. Para.

4, Flavis, yatta, nigta.. 4.0. ai aysie ae P. rubra. Santarem.

5. Flavis, vitta obsoleta fusca ...... P. rufo-testacea. Rio.

Pelonia mgripennis.

P, ovata, depressa, rufa, elytris nigris: caput depressum, vel rufum vel
nigrum: thorax rufus: scutellum rufum: elytra subtilissime reticulata
etiamque punctis sparsis ornata: antenne vel rufie (capite rufo) vel
fuscee : pedes rufi; tibiis tarsisque posticis fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13.

Ega, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Pelonia nigro-violacea.

P. ovalis, depressa, elytris crebre punctatis, nigro-violacea: caput rugosum,
nigro-violaceum : thorax crebre punctatus, niger: seutellum impunc-
tatum: elytra creberrime punctata, punctis minutis et haud profundis:
antenne, pedes et corpus subtus vel nigri vel nigro-violacei.

Long. corp. lin. 24, lat. lin. 1.

Santarem, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Pelonia vittata.

P. ovalis, depressa, flava, prothorace nitide rufo, elytris nigro-fuscis, vitta
media flava: caput subrugosum, rufum, apice tamen flavo: thorax lete
sanguineus, impunctatus: elytra punctata, punctis minutis confusis,
quoad colorem fusca, vitta media a basi ad apicem tenui eequali flava:
antenne fusce, art. 1-3 flavescentibus: pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque
nigris: corpus subtus flavum.

Long. corp. lin. 22, lat. lin. 1}.

Para, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Pelonia rubra.

P. ovalis, depressa, crebre punctata, rufa, genubus, tarsis et vitta elytrorum
utrinque nigro-fuscis: caput in fronte leviter carinatum, leviter rugo-
sum: thorax subtilissime reticulatus: scutellum rufo-flavum, impune-
tatum: elytra crebre punctata, rufa, vitta utrinque media equali nec
basin nec apicem attinente nigro-fusca: pedes rufi; genubus et tarsis
nigro-fuscis : corpus subtus rufo-flayum : antenne fusce, art. 1-4 flavo-
rufis.

Long. corp. lin. 22, lat. lin. 14.

Santarem, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 401

Pelonia rufo-testacea.

P. ovalis, depressa, elytris crebre punctatis, pallide rufa: caput super an-
tennarum bases bifoveolatum, et ad frontem fortiter longitudinaliter
carinatum : thorax impunctatus, marginibus leviter fuscatis : scutellum
leve: elytra crebre punctata, vitta obscuriore media rufo-fusca, penitus
obsoleta, nec basin nec apicem attinente: pedes, antenne et corpus
subtus pallide rufi.

Long. corp. lin. 2, lat. lin. 1.

Petropolis, Rio Janeiro. Taken by Mr. John Gray, in February

1857.

Genus Disonycua, Chevr. Dej. Cat.

Parallela. Caput penitus verticale. Palpi mazillares elongatuli, art.
penultimo incrassato, ultimo brevissimo. TZhorax transversus, elytra
latitudine penitus eequans, margine anteriore vix emarginato recto,
lateribus paulum rotundatis et marginatis, basi sinuata haud transverse
foveolata, angulis anticis sat rectis, posticis subrotundatis. Scutellum
triangulare. -Elytra parallela, satis elongata, confuse punctata, ple-
rumque vittis nigris vel flavis ornata. Antenne filiformes, art. 3 se-
cundo longiore sed 1 et 4-7 breviore. Pedes graciles; wunguiculis sim-
plicibus.

The form of the thorax of Disonycha brings it near to Oxygona ;
it differs from this genus in the greater breadth of the thorax, and
its general more parallel as well as elongate form, and also in the
length of the third joint of the antenne, which in Disonycha is dis-
tinctly shorter than the first or third. Disonycha more closely still
approaches in characters Litosonycha ; it can never be confounded
with this, being in form more cylindrical, more elongate, and having
the sides of the thorax more depressed.

The genus is abundantly represented; but the question of separa-
tion of species composing it renders it one of the most perplexing
genera in the whole of the Halticide.

Disonycha trifasciata.

D. nigra, prothorace rufo-flavo, elytris fasciis tribus pallide flavis: caput
super oculos fortiter punctatum: thorax quinquemaculatus; maculis
fuscis, una utrinque versus latus, 2 versus apicem, 1 versus basin:
elytra punctata, fasciis tribus pallide flavis latis ad suturam interruptis,
basali, media et apicali: antenne nigre, art. 1-3 fusco-flavis: pedes et
corpus subtus rufo-fusci.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin, 1}.

Venezuela.
Disonycha adumbrata.

D. flaya, thorace rufo-flavo ; elytris vitta rufo-fusca obsoleta: caput im-

402 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

punctatum, flavum: thorax rufo-flavus, impunctatus, levis: elytra vitta
obsoleta rufo-fusca a humeris vix apicem attinente: pedes, antenne et
corpus subtus pallide testacei.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 1}.

Amazons, Para. Taken by Mr. Bates.

Disonycha viridipennis.

D. viridis vel fusco-viridis, nigro notata: caput super oculos transverse
foveolatum, viridi-fuscum : thoraz viridi-flavus, macula media alteraque
ad latus fuscis, impunctatus: elytra punctata, viridia, marginibus sutura
macula juxta humeros et vitta post media juxta margines nigris: an-
tenne rufo-fusce : corpus subtus et pedes nigri; tibiis et tarsis fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat, lin. 1}.

Rio Janeiro.
Genus Sysrrna, Chevr., &c.

Parallela, elongatula. Caput subdepressum. Palpi mazillares breves,
cylindrici, robusti, art. ultimo breviter acuminato. Thorax quadratus
vel penitus quadratus, lateribus anticis et posticis rectis, marginibus
etiam parallelis et rectis (interdum a medio versus apicem paulum con-
tractis) marginatis; basis in speciebus quibusdam obsolete transverse
depressa est. Scutellum triangulare. Elytra parallela, satis cylindrica,
confuse vel aliquando striato-punctata. Pedes satis graciles ; unguculis
bidentatis vel fortiter appendiculatis. Antenne filiformes haud elon-
gate, art. 3 vix art. 1, 4 vel 5 longitudine equante, art. 4 et 5 sub-
zequalibus.

Systena is in some respects nearly allied to Oxygona; it is more
parallel, narrower; the thorax is more quadrate and more distinctly
rectilateral (the posterior angles being sharp, not rounded, the sides
being parallel, not rounded towards the middle).

Systena interrogationis, De}., Chevr., &c.
Systena connexa? Boh. Eugenies, 1851, 191. 405.

S. nigra; elytris vittis 2 albidis: caput fortiter punctatum, nigrum:
thorax quadratus, marginibus anticis et posticis rectis, lateribus tenuiter
marginatis, a medio ad apicem leviter contractis, subpunctatus: sew-
tellum impunctatum, nigrum : elytra parallela, confuse punctata, nigra,
vittee dus albide (ad margines iterumque juxta suturam) apicem ap-
proximantes, versus apicem sese attingunt: antenne nigro-fusce : pedes
et corpus subtus nigri.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 4.

I have received this species from Bahia and other parts of Brazil ;
and also from Monte Video.

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticide of South America. 403

Systena discicollis.

S. subparallela, punctata, nigra; thoracis marginibus et elytrorum fascia et
margine flavis: caput subtiliter punctatum, nigrum : thorax quadratus,
impunctatus, fusco-niger, marginibus undique flavis : sewtellum nigrum :
elytra subparallela, impunctata, nigra, margine tenuiter et vitta media
vix apicem attinente flavis : antenne rufo-fuscee : corpus subtus et pedes
(femorum anticorum apicibus exceptis) nigri.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin, 3.

Mexico.

Systena sinuato-vittata.

S. subparallela, subtiliter confuse punctata, nigra; capite, thorace, tibiis
tarsisque et vitta sinuata in utroque elytro flavis: caput rufo-flayvum,
impunctatum: thorax impunctatus, flavus, marginibus tenue fusco-
nigris: scutellum nigrum: elytra crebre punctata (punctis minutis con-
fusis nigris), vitta sinuata media et apice tenuiter flavis : antenne fusce,
art. 1-3 flavis: pedes flavi; genubus, tibiis tarsisque rufo-flavis: corpus
subtus flavum.

Long. corp. lin. 2, lat. lin. 4.

Venezuela,
Systena plagiata.

S. subparallela, leviter punctata, flava; thoracis lateribus, elytrorum sutura
et vitta submarginali nigris: caput rufum: thorax impunctatus, rufo-
flavus, marginibus tenuiter nigris: scwtellum nigrum, impunctatum :
elytra leviter punctata, flava, sutura tenuiter et vitta submarginali
latiori vix apicem attinente nigris: antenne rufo-fuscee, flavo-annulatze :
pedes rufo-flavi, genubus fuscis: corpus subtus flavum, abdomine nigro.

Long. corp. lin. 2%, lat. lin. 14. ;

Allied in pattern to S. discicollis of Mexico, but quite distinct :
the flavous colour of the thorax, the colour of the under side, and its
greater breadth abundantly separate it.

Rio Janeiro.

Systena pectorals.

S. flava ; mesosterno et vittis elytrorum duabus nigris : caput impunctatum,
rufum : thorax penitus quadratus, flavus, lateribus utrinque preesertim
ad apicem fusco-marginatis, impunctatus: scwtellum impunctatum,
nigrum : elytra parallela, punctata, flava, sutura et fascia submarginali
a basi ad apicem nigris (margine ipso flavo) ; antenne fusce, art. 1-4
flavescentibus: pedes flavi; tibis tarsisque etiam femoribus posticis
apicalibus fuscis: corpus subtus flavum; prosterno fusco-marginato ;
metasterno nigro, abdominis basi fusco-tincta.

Long. corp. lin. 24, lat. lin. 4.

Mexico.
Systena marginicollis.
S. parallela, subabbreviata, pallide flava, capite et elytrorum vittis duabus

404 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

flavo-rufis: caput impunctatum, rufo-flavum : thorax quadratus, impunc-
tatus, pallide flavus marginibus preesertim versus apicem fusco-ornatis :
scutellum impunctatum, rufo-flavum: elytra punctata, pallide flava,
sutura late et fascia lata marginali flavo-rufis, plaga lineari post-media,
vix apicem attinente submarginali rufo-fusca: antenne rufo-flavee :
pedes flavi; genubus, tibiis tarsisque rufo-flavis: corpus subtus rufo-
flavum.
Long. corp. lin. 13, lat. lin. 3.

Venezuela.
Systena humeralis.

S. subparallela, impunctata, elytris subtilissime reticulatis, rufo-flava,
elytris fusco-rufis: caput impunctatum, rufum: thorax impunctatus,
rufus: sewtellum flavum: elytra impunctata, rugis transversis minutis-
simis ornata, ad basin juxta humeros depressio brevis longitudinalis, ita
ut humeri etiamque regio scutellaris prominentes extant; elytra rufo-
flava, marginibus flavis, et baseos regionibus elevatis fusco-nigris :
antenne rufo-fuscze, art. 1 flavo: pedes rufi; tibiis tarsisque fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 3.

Venezuela.
Systena testaceo-vittata.

S. fusco-flava vel fusca, elytris subtiliter punctatis et testacea vitta
ornatis: caput impunctatum, fusco-flavum : thorax confuse punctatus
(punctis satis magnis et crebris), fusco-flavus vel fuscus : elytra fusco-
flava, vitta media satis tenui a basi ad subapicem extendente vix apicem
attingente flava: antenne fusco-flavee, flavo-annulate: corpus subtus
nigrum : pedes rufo-flavi; tibiis posticis fusco-adumbratis.

Long. corp. lin. 13-2, lat. lin. 4-1.

Petropolis, Rio Janeiro.

Systena lugubris.

S. parallela, confuse punctata, flava, prothorace rufo, elytrorum sutura et
humeris fusco-notatis: caput et thorax impunctati, rufo-flavi: scutellum
rufo-fuscum : elytra confuse punctata, flava macula utrinque brevi ad
humeros, et sutura tenuiter fusco-nigris: pedes flavi: corpus subtus
flavum, abdomine nigro: antenne fusce, flavo-tincte.

Long. corp. lin. 2, lat. lin, 4.

Rio Janeiro.
Systena brunnipennis.

S. rufo-brunnea, confuse punctata: caput et thorax impunctati, rufo-
brunnei, margine thoracis tenuiter nigro: seutellum triangulare, impunc-
tatum : elytra confuse punctata, flava: corpus subtus rufo-brunneum :
pedes rufi ; femoribus posticis nigris : antenne rufo-brunnee.

Long. corp. lin. 14, lat. lin. 4.

Rio Janeiro.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 405

Systena mustela.

S. parallela, striato-punctata, rufo-flava: caput et thorax impunctati, rufo-
flavi; thorace elytra penitus latitude equante : elytra parallela, striato-
punctata, punctis equalibus et ordinatis: pedes, corpus subtus et an-
tenne rufo-flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 14, lat. lin. 4.

Petropolis, Rio Janeiro.

Systena tincta.

S. subparallela, punctato-striata, flava, elytris fusco vel rufo-fusco adum-
bratis: caput et thorax impunctati, rufi: seutellwm rufo-fuscum : elytra
punctato-striata, punctis ordinatis, rufo-vel flavo-fusca, sutura et apice
flavis: corpus subtus, pedes et antenne rufo-flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 13, lat. lat. 3.

Venezuela.

This and other species of the genus may be separated from Mr.
Baly’s genus Jphitrea (Ent. Monthly Mag. 1864, 134), of which I
am not so fortunate as to possess a typical specimen, by the obvious
difference in length between the third and fourth joints of the an-
tenne; in this species and others the third is very distinctly
shorter than the fourth.

Systena suturalis.

iS. subparallela, impunctata, flava, elytris rufo-fuscis, marginibus et sutura
9 9 9 ‘J 7] to)
flavis: caput et thorax impunctati, flavi: scwtellum flavum : elytra im-
ip p ’ y
punctata, rufo-fusca, marginibus tenuiter et sutura flavis: antenne
rufo-flave, art. 1-4 flavescentibus: corpus subtus et pedes flavi.
Long. corp. lin. 13, lat. lin. 3.

Venezuela.
Systena novem-maculata.

S. flava vel rufo-flava, confuse punctata, elytris 9-maculatis: caput et
thorax impunctati, flavi, margine abbreviato versus apicem thoracis
fusco: scutellum impunctatum: elytra crebre punctata, macula scu-
tellari (media longitudinali abbreviata) maculisque utrinque ad basin
(humerali et suturali minoribus), media (insulata subcirculari) et sub-
apicali (transverse arcuata) nigris: antenne rufo-fusce, flayo-annulate :
pedes flavi: corpus subtus flavum, abdomine nigro.

_ Long. corp. 14 lin. , lat. lin. 3.

Constancia and Rio Janeiro. Taken by Mr. Gray and myself, in
January 1857. .

406 Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Genus Cacoscetis, Chevr., Dej. Cat.
D’Orb. Dict. Univ. Hist. t. i. p. 13.

Elongata, parallela. Caput subproductum. Palpi mazillares, art. penul-
timo subgloboso, ultimo acuminato producto. Thorax transversus,
elytris distincte angustior, angulis anticis sat prominulis, posticis ro-
tundatis, lateribus rotundatis et marginatis. E/ytra parallela, confuse
punctata, marginata. Antenne filiformes, art. 4-7 subsequalibus. Pedes
graciles; wnguiculis fortiter appendiculatis vel bidentatis.

This form is not unlike the genus Disonycha, which in pattern is
obviously different from it; besides however the distinctions of size
and coloration, the species of Cacoscelis may be known by their
somewhat narrower thorax and their appendiculated unguiculi.

Two species only have been described.

Cacoscelis famelica, Ol. Encycl. iv. 106, Ill. Mag. v. 124. 59.
Cacoscelis marginata, Fab. Syst. Ent. 1822.

Fervida, Ol. Ent. vi. 93 bis. 671.

testacea, Ol. Encycl. vi. 586. 4.

Abundant on certain trailing large-leaved plants at Rio Janeiro.
Their jumping-powers only equal, or indeed do not equal, those of
some of the species of Zema; when surprised, they can just toss
themselves over the side of the leaf: the species is notable for its
great variation as to size; I have examples in my collection, taken
by myself from the same plants, ranging from 8 to 3} lines: the
species varies also considerably in pattern, for I cannot but consider
as a variety of it the Cayenne form (with two large macule on the
thorax) C. binotata, Ill. Mag. v. 124. 60, C. famelica, OL., var., and
also the Bolivian form (where the two thoracic spots are merged into
one broad medial fascia) C. fasciato-collis of Chevrolat.

Cacoscelis Feldneri, Ill. (Cat. Dej.).

Cacoscelis venusta, De}. Cat.
melanoptera, Germ. ?

C. parallelo-ovalis, nigro-violacea, capite rufo: caput transverse foveo-
latum, impunctatum, rufum: thorax leviter punctatus, rufus: elytra
crebre et fortiter punctata, nigra vel nigro-violacea: antenne rufo-
fuscee, art. 1-3 flavis: pedes et corpus subtus nigro-fusci.

Long. corp. lin. 6-33, lat. lin. 83-13.

Brazil, abundant.
The following are among the undescribed species in my collec-
tion :—

Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 407

Cacoscelis ceruleipennis, De}.

C. parallela, flava, elytris leviter punctatis, ceruleis: caput et thorax im-
punctati, flavi: scatellum flavum: elytra levissime punctata, nigro-
cerulea: anterne fusco-flave, art. 1-3 flavis, art. 9-11 testaceis: pedes
et corpus subtus flavo-testacei.

Long. corp. lin. 53-43, lat. lin. 23-21.

To be distinguished at once from C. Feldneri by the colour of the
under side and of the antenne, as well as by the very fine punctua-
tion of the elytra.

Brazil.

Cacoscelis clythreformis.

C. parallela, nigra, elytris flavis: caput rugosum, vel flavum vel fusco-
flavum: thorax levis, sparsim punctatus, niger, marginibus undique
tenue flavis: scutelun flavum, impunctatum: elytra crebre punctata,
flava: antenne nigro-fusce, art. 1-3 flavescentibus: corpus subtus et
pedes nigri, genubus flavis.

Long. corp. lin. 5, lat. lin, 24.

Brazil ; also, according to an example from M. Thomson’s collec-
tion, Cayenne.
Cacoscelis flava.

C. omnino, antennis exceptis, flava: caput et thorax impunctati : elytra
parallela, levissime reticulata, impunctata: corpus subtus et pedes flavi:
antenne fuscee, art. 1-3 flavescentibus.

Long. corp. lin. 53, lat. lin. 23.

' Mexico.

Cacoscelis testacea.

C. parallela, satis lata, punctata, flavo-testacea: caput obsolete super
antennarum bases transverse foveolatum, impunctatum: thorax im-
punctatus (punctis apud latera sparsis, obsoletis): scutelhun leeve :
elytra punctata: antenne fusco-testacez, art. 1-4 flavescentibus : pedes
et corpus subtus flavo-testacei.

Long. corp. lin. 53, lat. lin. 3.

C. testacea is a much larger and relatively broader insect than C.
flava; the elytra also are more obviously punctate.
S. Martha. Received from M. Bouchard.

Cacoscels ceruleipennis (Dej.).

C. omnino nigro-cerulea: caput longitudinaliter etiamque super oculos
transverse notatum, impunctatum, fusco adumbratum: thorax sparsim
et leviter punctatus: elytra crebre et fortiter punctata: pedes, antenne
et corpus subtus nigro-cerulei.

Long. corp. lin. 53, lat. lin. 2}.

Brazil.
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408 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America.

Cacoscelis fimbriata (Chevr.).

C. elongata, parallela, rufa; elytris nigris: caput arcuate foveolatum, im-
punctatum: thorax subtiliter et sparsim punctatus: elytra crebre punc-
tata, nigra: antenne rufo-fusce, art. 1-3 flavescentibus: pedes et
corpus subtus rufi.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 12.

C. fimbriata may be separated from the Mexican species, C. bico-
loraria, by the coarse and close punctuation of the elytra; its very
parallel, subattenuate form will distinguish it from the Brazilian
species, C. nigripennis.

Bolivia.

Cacoscelis bicolorata.

C. nigra, prothorace rufo-flavo: caput transverse foveolatum, impunctatum:
thorax impunctatus: elytra leviter punctata: antenne rufo-fusce, art.
1-8 flavis: pedes et corpus subtus nigri; femoribus anticis flavo adum-
bratis.

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 13.

This Mexican species. may be separated from its congeners by its
finely not coarsely punctate elytra.
Mexico.
Cacoscelis nigripennis.

C. parallela, nigra, prothorace rufo: caput super oculos transverse etiam-
que longitudinaliter foveolatum, impunctatum, flavo-rufum: thorax
leviter punctatus: e/ytva satis parallela, creberrime punctata: pedes et
corpus subtus nigri: antenne nigro-fusce, art. 1-3 subtus flavescentibus.

Long. corp. lin. 83, lat. lin. 13.

C. nigripennis approaches C. fimbriata; it is distinctly broader,
and the legs and under side are black. It is separated from C. bico-
loraria by the coarse punctuation of the elytra.

Brazil.

Genus CaLosceLis.

Robusta, parallela, brevis, e majoribus. Caput verticale, modice pro-
ductum. Thorax elytra latitudine equans, transversus, subrectangu-
laris, angulis anticis acutis prominulis, lateribus rotundato-sinuatis et
marginatis, angulis posticis modice rotundatis, haud acutis, thorax
declivis. Scutellum triangulare. £lytra brevia, robusta, apice trans-
verse rotundata, in specie unico leviter et confuse striato-punctata.
Pedes elongati, robusti, femora postica apicem elytrorum attinentia :
tibie robuste, elongatze ; tarsis in extremum tibiarum insertis; wn-
guiculis utxinque bidentatis. Antenne filiformes, graciles, art. 2 brevi,
art. 3-10 subzequalibus.

The short, robust form of this genus, combined with its slender
filiform antenne and very elongated posterior legs, sufficiently dis-

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 409

tinguish it from allied groups. The posterior femora extend to the
apex, and the posterior tibie and tarsi extend beyond the apex to
nearly the length of the elytra.

The genus is formed on a single specimen which I received in the
Amazonian collection of Mr. Bates.

Caloscelis azureipennis.

C. robusta, brevis, leviter punctata, rufo-flava, elytris cyaneis: caput inter
oculos obsolete transverse depressum, et supra hanc foveam tuberculum
utrinque obsoletum apparet impunctatum : thorax ad medium versus
frontem, iterumque versus basin transverse depressus (hac depressione
obsoleta, haud abrupta); leviter punctatus: scwtellum impunctatum,
fuscum: elytra brevia, robusta, striato-punctata, punctis vix ordine
instructis: corpus subtus rufum: pedes rufi: antenne fusce, art. 1-3
flavis.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 2.

A lovely species, taken near Para by Mr. Bates. By its short and
robust body, it will take its place near to the genus Monomacra.

Genus Norozona.

Ovata, robusta. Caput breve, verticale. Palpi mazillares cylindrici,
modice elongati. Thorax transversus, margine anteriori satis excavato
et subtiliter marginato, lateribus paulum rotundatis marginatis, angulis
anticis depressis et subacutis, angulis posticis acutis, margine posteriori
sinuato et marginato. Scwtellum triangulare. Elytra robusta, pone
apicem declivia, punctato-striata, plerumque lete colorata. Antenne
elongatulz, filiformes, art. 3 et 4 equalibus, art. 2 longioribus, sed art.
5-11 brevioribus. Pedes robusti; femorzbus posticis infra dente brevi
et robusto armatis; ¢zbizs posterioribus subincurvatis et versus apicem
angulatis ; wngwiculis utrinque bidentatis, dente brevi utrinque prope
apicem armatis.

The genus Norozona was laid down by Chevrolat to include three
or four handsomely marked species ; it is sufficiently well-defined,
and may be recognized by the broad thorax, robust form, punctate-
striate elytra, and doubly-hooked unguiculi.

Mr. Baly has recently described three species in the ‘Annals and
Magazine of Natural History,’ September 1865; and one other, WN.
bifascrata, Oliv., is also recorded from Cayenne.

The following table may aid in the determination of the species
known or herewith described :—

Elytra flavous, with rufo-flavous or rufous spots .. N. macularia.
flavous, with fuscous or rufous spots ...... N. marmorata.
pale flavous, with black markings ........ N. 14-maculata.

Dy Ce.

410 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidse of South America.

Elytra flavous with black or rufous spots ........ ™. convewxa, De}.

rufous, with flavous 9 ppl alesis J eM padehra, ey.
fuscous, with rufous re of sabe seed IN Sparee.
black, with flavous 5 3) ee eo oe) WV, O-maculata.
“3 » Havous bands .............. ™. bifasciata, Oliv.
= 9 “- pgm opicualos \a'n sha shale eel CEE QREIRR.
5 as - 5 wececscscsevee WV, transverse-notata.

rufo-fuscous, with flavous bands.......... MW. rufo-fusea.
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Notozona macularia.

N. pallide viridis, rufo-flavo obsolete maculata: caput super oculos trans-
verse arcuate impressum, flavum: thorax impunctatus, flavus: seutellem
flavum: elytra punctato-striata, punctis sat magnis crebris et plerum-
que ordine dispositis, pallide viridescentia maculis tribus obsoletis
rufo-flavis, prope basin mediam (inter strias 3 et 4), postmedia (inter
strias 4 et 5), et apicali, omnibus subcircularibus insulatis: pedes et
corpus subtus rufo-flavi: antenne flave.

Long. corp. lin. 83, lat. lin. 2.

Cayenne.
Notozona marmorata.

N. flava, fusco notata: caput inter oculos subrugosum, nigrum: thorar
punctatus, crebrius apud latera, flavus : elytra striato-punctata (punctis
vequalibus et ordinatis), flava; sutura, margine, macula transversa
antemedia (basi connexa), macula postmedia et apice late fuscis:
pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque fuscis: corpus subtus flavum; metasterno
fusco-nigro: antenne art. 1-4 fuscis, ab intus flavescentibus, 5-7 nigris,
8 testaceo, reliqui desunt.

Lone. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin, 14.

Para, Amazons. Taken by Mr. Bates. _

Notozona 14-maculata.

N. satis oblonga, striato-punctata, albida vel flavo-albida, maculis ely-
trorum nigris: caput et thorav impunctati, albidi: seutellum impunec-
tatum, flavo-fuscum: elytra punctato-striata, punctis acie ordinatis,
nigro-maculata, utrinque maculis duabus ad basin (humerali cireulari,
et scutellari oblonga) duabus ante mediam (marginali circulari, et inter
strias 5 et 6 oblonga), duabus subapicalibus (marginali et suturali sub-
oblongis), etiamque apicali brevi: antenne, pedes et corpus subtus flavo-
albidi.

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 2.

Brazil. From the collection of the Marquis La Ferté.

Rev. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America. 411

Notozona sparsa.

N. flava ; elytris rufo-fuscis, flavo maculatis: caput flavum: thorax punc-
tatus, flavus: scwtellum rufo-flavum: elytra crebre punctato-striata ;
punctis satis magnis et irregulariter ordinatis, rufo-fusca, maculis
utrinque 20-25 parvis ornata, plerumque insulatis flavis: antenna,
corpus subtus et pedes flavi.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 2.

Mexico.
Notozona novem-maculata.

N. flava, elytris nigro-fuscis, flavo maculatis: caput flavum, basi late
fusco: thorax sparsim punctatus, flavus: sewtellwm impunctatum,
flavum: elytra striato-punctata, punctis haud omnino serie equali
dispositis, nigro-fusca, maculis flavis ornata, 1 communi, parva prope
scutellum, 2 utrinque humerali, 3 et 4 mediis (majoribus, circularibus,
insulatis, transverse positis) 5 apicali: antenne fuscie, art. 7-10 flavis :
pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque nigris : corpus subtus flavum.

‘Long. corp. lin, 33, lat. lin. 2.

Cayenne.
Notozona eleyans.

N. flava, fusco notata: caput ad frontem transverse arcuatim foveolatum,
flavum: thorax leviter punctatus, flavus: scutellum impunctatum,
flavum: elytra striato-punctata (punctis ordinatis), flava, macula hu-
merali (minuta) etiamque macula scutellari (circulari insulata), fascia
lata media equali (vix marginem attinente) et altera fascia pone
apicem fuscis: corpus subtus flavum: pedes flavi; tibiis et tarsis fuscis :
antenne flavee, art. 5-7 fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 2.

Mexico.
Notozona transverse-notata.

N. rufa, elytris nigris, flavo fasciatis, maculis prothorace, metasterno,
tibiis et antennis nigro-fuscis: caput ad basin macula nigra media
insulata: thorax rufo-fuscus, maculis 7 nigris insulatis, 1 utrinque ad
angulos anteriores, 1 ad angulos posticos, 1 media juxta scutellum, 2
mediis prope apicem: sewtellum nigrum: elytra punctato-striata,
punctis inzequaliter dispositis ; fascize tres flavee tenues eequales elytra
ornant, antemedia, postmedia, tertiaque juxta apicem, fascia ante-
media basi fascia tenui connectitur; basis quoque et sutura tenuiter
flavee: antenne nigro-fusce, art. 1-4 ab infra flavis: corpus subtus
‘rufum ; metasterno et abdominis apice nigro-fuscis : pedes rufi ; femo-
ribus apicalibus, tibiis tarsisque nigris.

Long. corp. lin. 4, lat. lin. 21.

To be distinguished from NV. rufo-flava (to which aoe it ap-
proaches) by its colour, and also by the irregularly arranged rows of
punctures on the elytra.

Brazil.

412 Rey. H. Clark on the Halticidee of South America

Notozona rufo-fusca.

NV. e majoribus rufo-flava, fasciis flavis in elytris ornata: caput impune-
tatum, rufum: thorax sparsim punctatus, rufus: scutellwm rufo-flavum :
elytra striato-punctata (punctis sequalibus et ordinatis), interstitiis
leevibus subtilissime transverse reticulatis, rufis vel rufo-flavis, fasciis
in elytris 4, basali, antemedia (paulum obliquata), postmedia (vix
suturam attinente), et apicali (brevi), omnibus tenuibus et insequaliter
definitis, margines etiam tenuiter flavi: corpus subtus etiamque pedes
rufo-flavi: antenne rufo-flavee, art. 7-11 fuscis.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 23.

This species may be recognized by the irregular and angulated
form of the fascive of the elytra, the margins of which are interrupted
as they cross each row of striate punctures.

Honduras.

Notozona humilis.

N. flava; elytris rufis: caput et thorax impunctati, flavi: scuwtellum im-
punctatum, rufo-fuscum: elytra striato-punctata, punctis crebris et
ordinatis, rufa: corpus subtus flavum: pedes flavi; tibiis tarsisque
nigris: antenne nigre, art. 1-4 infra flavescentibus.

Long. corp. lin. 33, lat. lin. 2.

Mexico.
Notozona sanguinea.

N, flava; elytris sanguineis : caput inter oculos arcuate foveolatum, flayum:
thorax impunctatus, flavus: scutellum flavo-rufum: elytra punctato-
striata, punctis crebris et satis ordinatis, sanguineo-rufa: antenne
nigre, art. 1-4 infra flavescentibus: corpus subtus flavum: pedes flayi;
tibiis tarsisque nigris.

Long. corp. lin. 3, lat. lin. 13.

Brazil.
Notozona tenella.

N. rufo-fusca: caput crebre punctatum: thorax obsolete punctatus : sez-
tellum leve: elytra striato-punctata, punctis acie ordinatis satis crebris :
antenn@, corpus subtus et pedes rufo-fusci.

Long. corp. lin. 23, lat. lin. 13.

The smallest known species of the genus: if may be separated
from NV. humilis and also from N. sanguinea by the evenness and
regularity of the striated punctures on the elytra, as well also, of
course, by its colour and size.

Mexico.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 413

XXVIII.—On some New Genera of Curculionidae.
By Francis P. Pascon, F.LS., ce.

Parr I.
[Puate XVII.]

In arranging my collection of Curculionide, I frequently meet with
forms that give me no little trouble in the attempt to fix their exact
position in the family. Notes are necessarily made, and a few,
having being worked out afresh, are here offered to the readers of
this Journal.

From the time of Schénherr the Curculionide, especially the
exotic, have been a comparatively neglected group; but the great
work of Lacordaire* can scarcely fail to give an impetus to their
study. Since its appearance, we have had monographs of some of
the largest and most difficult of the European genera from the pens
of Wencker, Baer, Allard, Brisout de Barneville, &c. Dr. Kraatzt
has given us what he considers a “ ground-work of a natural sys-
tem,” with especial reference to M. Lacordaire’s work, so far as it
has yet appeared; and more recently M. Jekelt (who, of all ento-
mologists, is the most practically acquainted with this family) has
published his ‘ Researches into their Natural Classification’§. Both
these great authorities object to the primary divisions of M. Lacor-
daire, based on the covering (Adelognathes), or the contrary (Pha-
nerognathes), of the maxille by the mentum. Dr. Kraatz would take
in preference the length of the scape (?.¢. either extending to or
passing the anterior margin of the eye). ‘‘ Whether this is the case
or not,” he says, ‘‘ may appear very unimportant; but it should not
be forgotten that the different lengths of the scape must stand in
necessary connexion with the scrobe, which plays an important part
in the determination of the genera. If the scape passes the anterior
border of the eye, it will be too long for the scrobe. This must in-
fluence the movement of the whole of the antennz—one of the
essentials in the life of the insect” ||. In the “Adelognathes”’ the
genera are generally “ long-scaped ”; between these and the “ long-
scaped ” genera of the “ Phanerognathes”’ there is often a near rela-

* Genera des Coléoptéres, tom. vi.

t Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1864, pp. 154 e¢ seq.

t Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1864, p. 537.

§ An analysis of Lacordaire’s sixth volume is given in the ‘ Entomologist’s
Annual’ for 1865, pp. 148 e¢ seq.

|| M. Jekel (Ann. de la Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 556) observes on this point, that
if the scape encroaches on the eye, it is as completely lodged in the scrobe as if
it fell short of it, the scape meeting the eye on its lowest portion.

414 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

tionship, and the genera, therefore, appear to be “ unnaturally sepa-
rated.’ Dr. Kraatz gives various examples in illustration of this
position, mostly, however, taken from European genera.

M. Jekel, who distinguishes the “ Attelabides,”’ “ Cossonides,” and
“ Calandrides” as families equally with the Brenthide, Bruchide,
&e., and, putting aside the ‘ Brachycerides,” “‘ Byrsopsides,” and
“ Amycterides,”’ divides the true Curculionide into those in which
the male is smaller and narrower posteriorly than the female; the
latter being more depressed, he calls this division “ Platygynes.”
They are all “ Cryptopyges” and “ Symmerides”*, and ‘ contain
the immense majority of the Brachyrhynchi and Erirhinides of
Schonherr, all the Adelognathes of Lacordaire (less the Brachyce-
rides), and a part of his Phanerognathes symmerides.” In another
division, which M. Jekel names ‘“ [sogynes,” the difference between
the sexes is very insignificant, the male being only sometimes a
trifle smaller than the female ; but there is no difference in propor-
tions, as is seen in the former division. The Isogynes are all “ Cryp-
topyges,” and for the most part ‘ Symmerides,” and are “ composed
in great part of the Brachyrhynchi and Erirhinides of Schonherr,
not comprised in the preceding division.” Some of these are “ Bre-
virostres Homorhines ” (7. e. rostrum alike in both sexes); others are
“ Heterorhines.” In the third and last division, *‘ Metriogynes,”’ the
males are never smaller, but are often superior in size to the females,
and especially in the greater bulk of the prothorax, and often also of
the elytra at the base. They comprise the greater part of the Apo-
stasimerides of Schonherr, and some of his Erirhinides, and are divided
into “ Cryptopyges” and “ Gymnopyges.”

Although no special arrangement of the Curculionide is attempted
either by Dr. Gerstaecker or M.C.G. Thomson, we may glance for a
moment at their views relative to the position and limits of the
family itself in its place among the Rhynchophora. Dr. Gerstaeckert,
discarding the latter division, refers the rostriferous families, toge-
ther with the Longicornia, Chrysomelina, &e., to the “ Coleoptera
cryptopentamera.” First separating the Bruchide as a distinct
family, we have his four “groups,” ‘“ Anthribini,’ Brenthide,
Rhynchitide, and “ Curculiones genuini,” brought together to form
his family “ Curculionina.” In this arrangement Calandra and
Cossonus and their allies are not distinguished from the true Cureu-
lionidxe, and Bostrichide follow as another family. In the seventh
volume of ‘Skandinaviens Coleoptera,’ just published, M.C. G.

* Not ‘* Synmerides,” as it is generally written.
+ Peters, Carus, und Gerstaecker, ‘Handbuch der Zoologie,’ p. 159.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 415

Thomson, very considerably modifying his synoptical arrangement
contained in the first volume of the above work, now divides the
Rhynchophora into two “ stirpes ’— Isotoma’’ and “‘ Anisotoma,”
the first including the families Bruchide, Anthribide, Rhinoma-
ceride, and Attelabide, the second, Apionide and Curculionide*.

Among the genera described below are some of the most puzzling
ones in my collection. It is very likely, therefore, that my views as
to their affinities may be questioned. It should be recollected, how-
ever, that scarcely more than 7000 species have been described, out
of a number recently estimated by M. Jekel at about 30,000, and
that a host of new types remain to be recognized. When this is
done, many forms now isolated will cease to be so. Under any
circumstances there will always be a certain latitude of opinion as
to the importance to be attached to some characters in preference to
others, as, indeed, we have just seen. Moreover, there is often a
great individuality in the species of the Curculionids, even when
belonging to the same genus, and an absence of any marked habit in
many of the genera ; so that it is not until almost every organ is ex-
amined in some cases that we are able to form an idea of the affinities
of our insect.

As my object is only to characterize new forms, I have contented
myself with describing only one species of each genus, perhaps
entering more fully into some of them hereafter.

ATYCHORIA.

Rostrum breve, incrassatum, supra bilobatum, apice profunde impressum,
utrinque infra scrobem canaliculatum ; scrobe obliqua profunde curvata,
oculum attingente. Ocul oblongi, valde depressi. Antenne breves ;
scapo sensim incrassato ; funiculo 6-articulato, duobus basalibus ob-
conicis, ceteris transversis ; clava breviter ovata. Prothorax subovatus,
supra medio longitudinaliter sulcatus, lobis pone oculos productis,
ciliatis. Scutellum non visum. Llytra subobovata, apicem versus pro-
ducta, supra medio subplanata, utrinque carinato-angulata, humeris
antice projectis. Pedes mediocres, postici paulo longiores ; femoribus
vix incrassatis ; tzbzis teretibus, muticis ; tarsts subtus haud spongiosis,
articulis tribus basalibus latitudine fere equalibus ; wngues distincti.
Processus interfemoralis dilatatus, antice truncatus.

Distinguished from Mythites (inter alia) by the form of the head
and snout, the scrobe extending to the eye, and the antenne inserted
near the end of the scrobe. JI owe my example to Mr. Odewahn.

* The work has not arrived at Calandra and Cossonus, but they will probably
form subfamilies.

416 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

Atychoria funesta. (Pl. XVII. fig. 22.)

A, nigra, opaca, confertim subtilissime granulata, tuberculis setigeris
numerosis, instructis: rostro rugoso-punctato, apice ciliato ; antennze
vix longitudine capitis; prothorax latitudine non longior, lateribus
rotundatus, medio sulcatus, utrinque linea curvata impressa; elytra
basi prothorace paulo latiora, pone humeros ultra medium sensim am-
pliata, dein citius angustata, apicem versus producta, apice ipso sin-
culorum divaricato, acuto: supra medio subplanata, utrinque tricari-
nato-angulata, carina intima irregulari, basi elevata, secunda minus
producta ad humeros connexa, tertia breviora, marginem versus sita :
postice valde declivia; corpore subtus nigro, parce brunneo-squamoso ;
pedes brunneo-pubescentibus, nigro-setosis. Long. 5 lin.

Hab. South Australia.

Meruyrora.

Rostrum elongatum, validum, supra sulcatum ; serobe curvata, infra oculum
desinente. Ocul laterales, subrotundati. Antenne breviuscule, versus
apicem rostri insertee; scapo clavato; funiculo 7-articulato, duobus
basalibus breviusculis, caeteris brevioribus, gradatim crassioribus ; clava
ovata. Prothorar oblongus, subcylindricus, basi scutellum versus
lobatus. Elytra elongata, supra planata, postice abrupte declivia, apice
singulorum producta, dehiscentia. Pedes subgraciles; femoribus mu-
ticis, medio incrassatis; ¢éb¢’s anticis curvatis, intus uncinatis; tarszs
brevibus, articulo penultimo latiore. Abdomen segmentis duobus basali-
bus maximis, connatis, tertio et quarto brevissimis. Processus inter-
femoralis late rotundatus.

The characters of the rostrum, tibiz, and abdomen would lead me
to refer this remarkable genus to the neighbourhood of Plinthus ; but
its habit is altogether different from anything I have seen.

Methypora postica. (Pl. XVII. fig. 5.)

M. elongata, fusco-brunnea ; elytris postice griseis; capite et rostro cre-
berrime punctatis, hoc medio sulcato, utrinque linea parum elevata; an-
tennis rufo-brunneis; prothorace confertim punctato, lateraliter subsul-
cato, in medio linea fulvo-squamulosa; scutello elongato (duplo longiore
quam latiore), fulvo vestito; elytris prothorace multo latioribus, humeris
rotundatis, lateribus parallelis, apicem versus sensim angustioribus et
declivibus, singulo in mucrone valido terminato, dorso planato, ad
declivitatem utrinque dentato; corpore infra griseo-hirto, segmentis
tribus apicalibus abdominis lete brunneis; pedibus rufescentibus,
sparse griseo-hirtis. Long. 4 lin,

Hab. Victoria (Melbourne).

APHELA.

Caput latum, convexum, gula excavata. Rostrum validum, longitudine
capitis equale; scrobe laterali, profunda, versus oculum latiore, in basi
rostri (gula) exeunte. Oculi parvi, rotundi, fronte et infra distantes.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 417

Antenne breviuscule, in medio rostri inserte ; scapo pyriformi, oculos
attingente ; fwuculo 7-articulato, art. primo brevi, secundo elongato,
obconico, reliquis brevissimis, gradatim latioribus, 7° clava adnexo ;
clava brevissima. Prothorax longitudine paulo latior, ampliatus, con-
vexus, «equalis, lateribus et angulis posticis rotundatus, basi truncatus,
apice angustatus, lobis ocularibus haud productis. Sewtellum nullum.
Elytra ovata, prothoracis basi parum latiora, humeris haud prominulis.
Pedes breviusculi; femoribus incrassatis, muticis; tbs extrorsum
latioribus, anticis intus dente obtuso armatis; tars’s inequalibus,
anticis brevissimis, art. tertio dilatato, bilobo, ultimo ceteris sumptis
eequali ; intermediis longiusculis modice dilatatis ; posticis breviusculis,
art. tertio integro, preecedentibus angustiore ; wegwibus liberis. -Abdo-
men segmentis duobus basalibus maximis, sutura inter eos obsoleta.
Corpus glabrum.

In habit resembling some species of Helops or, among the Curcu-
lionidee, of Baris, Germ. It has some of the general characters of
Iphipus*, such as the form of the antenne, prothorax, and elytra,
but is more convex, the rostrum essentially different, the corbels of
the posterior tibiz open, &c. The tarsi are very remarkable.

Aphela helopoides. (Pl. XVII. fig. 4.)

A, oblongo-ovata, rufa, nitida; capite et rostro parcius et subtiliter punc-
tatis; antennarum clava pubescente ; prothorace subtilissime et vage
punctato, medio fere impunctato ; elytris striatis, interstitiis multo lati-
oribus, foveolatis; corpore infra nitidis, irregulariter punctatis ; pedibus
nitidis; tibiis, preesertim posticis, tuberculo-setulosis. Long. 23-3 lin.

Hab. South Australia; New South Wales.

ErHEeMAtra.

Caput porrectum. Rostrum validum, capite longius, antice carinatum
vel carinato-callosum ; scrobe obliqua, curvata, infra oculum desinente.
Oculi rotundati, prominuli. Antenne breviuscule, apicales; scapo
gracili; funiculo 7-articulato, art. duobus basalibus breviusculis, re-
liquis brevioribus; clava breviter ovata. Prothorax parvus, subcylin-
dricus, apice truncatus, basi subbisinuatus. Scutellum oblongum.
Elytra oblonga, prothorace multo latiora, parallela, postice declivia,
apice rotundata, supra planata, humeris subobliqua, Pedes debiles ;
femoribus clayatis; tibi&s teretibus, bispinosis; tars’s subzequalibus,
angustis, infra pilosis, art. penultimo bilobo, art. ultimo elongato; un-
guibus liberis. -Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus maximis, con-
natis. Processus interfemoralis subangulatus.

For the present, I can only suggest a distant affinity of this genus

* Another genus resembling [phipus (I. ? Roe?) is Sympiezoscelus, Waterh. I
have a second species from Queensland, which renders it probable that the type,
described by Mr. Waterhouse, but whose habitat was doubtful, is also from Aus-
tralia.

418 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

with Gonipterus ; the legs are quite different, though the posterior
corbels are open in both. The habit is that of certain species of
Rhytirhinus. Ihave described a second species, inasmuch as there
are some differences in the rostrum, which, in another less obviously
congeneric, might be considered sufficient to warrant its separation
as a distinct genus.

Ethemaia sellata, (Pl. XVII. fig. 25.)

E. oblonga, fusca, griseo-squamosa, setulis paucis arcuatis adspersis ;
capite rostroque dense squamosis, hoc antice elevato et inter oculos
bilobo, medio breviter carinato; antennis brunneis, griseo-tomentosis ;
funiculo nitido, crinito; prothorace irregulariter favoso, vittis quatuor
nigris indistinctis; scutello griseo; elytris seriatim punctatis, inter-
stitiis haud elevatis, punctis mediocribus, leviter impressis, declivitate
singulorum quadricallosis, dorso pone medium macula magna semi-
lunari fusca ; corpore infra et pedibus griseo-squamosis et parce crinitis.
Long. 3% lin.

Hab. South Australia.

Ethemaia adusta.

E. oblonga, fusca, griseo-squamosa, setulis paucis arcuatis adspersis;
capite fusco creberrime punctato, superciliis setulosis; rostro fusco,
haud elevato, antice quinque carinato; prothorace cylindrico, medio
sulcato, vage impresso-punctato; scutello griseo, elevato; elytris
seriatim punctatis, interstitiis alternis modice elevatis, declivitate sin-
gulorum quinque callosis, dorso griseo, lateribus fuscis ; corpore infra
subargenteo-squamoso ; pedibus griseo-squamosis, Long. 3 lin.

Hab. South Australia.

Myosstra.

Characteres ut in Trane, sed oculi parvi prominuli, rotundati, tenue gra-
nulati, infra distantes, et clava antennarum elongata.

Resembles a starved specimen of Tranes Vigorsii ; but the cha-
racter of the eyes is opposed to its being placed in T'ranes,

Myossita rufula, (Pl. XVIT. fig. 23.)

M. elongata, depressiuscula, rufo-ferruginea, opaca, squamulis filiformibus
griseis valde adspersis ; capite rostroque subtiliter punctatis ; antennis
fulvescentibus; oculis pallidis; prothorace latitudine haud longiore,
leviter punctato, lateribus rotundato, parce piloso; scutello parvo,
transverso, postice rotundato ; elytris latitudine duplo longioribus, pro-
thoracis medio paulo latioribus, seriatim punctatis, maculis griseo-
pilosis adspersis; corpore infra pedibusque parce pubescentibus; femo-
ribus subtus dente valido armatis; tarsorum articulo ultimo valde
dilatato. Long. 3 lin,

Hab, South Australia,

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide. 419

While passing this sheet through the press I found, on re-examin-
ation, that the Curculionid described on this page was identical with
Oncorhinus. ‘To fill the vacancy thus created by the withdrawal of
the description of the insect in question, I have subjoined the cha-
racters of two new species of Rhinaria, Kirby.

Rhinaria stellio.

R. oblonga, nigra, sordide albescenti-squamosa et griseo variegata; fronte
valide triverrucosa, inter oculos verrucis duabus elevatis, infra verruca
trilobata minus elevata; rostro antice modice excavato, a fronte haud
disjuncto; antennis nigris; prothorace utrinque rotundato, pone me-
dium paulo gradatim angustato, basi quam apice multo latiore, granulis
exiguis confertim obsitis; scutello subtriangulari; elytris prothorace
quadruplo longioribus, striatis, interstitiis haud carinatis, seriatim gra-
nulosis; corpore infra pedibusque albescenti-squamosis, illo disperse
punctato, punctis subnitidis. Long. 8-10 lin.

Hab, Swan River.

At present this is the largest species of the genus. It is more like
R. granulosa than any other, but differs in the rostrum, frontal crests,
&c., and the elytra are not ribbed as in that species.

Rhinaria faceta.

R. oblonga, nigra, griseo-squamosa et albo-plagiata; fronte subtriver-
rucosa, verrucis oblongis, modice elevatis; rostro antice excavato, in
medio supra carinato, a fronte haud disjuncto; antennis nigris; protho-
race utrinque ampliato-rotundato, postice angustato, basi apice fere
zequali, disco reticulato-granuloso, in cavitatibus albo- et griseo-squa-
moso; scutello angustato, albo; elytris prothorace triplo longioribus,
striato-punctatis, punctis confertis, basi singulorum unisquamosis,
interstitiis seriatim granulosis, granulis minutis; griseis, extus albo-
triplagiatis, una basali, una mediana, tertiaque preeapicali, sitis; corpore
infra pedibusque aibis, griseo-nebulosis. Long. 4 lin.

Hab. South Australia.

A very distinct species in its BELA, but somewhat resembling
Rhinaria maculosa, Schon.

XYNZA.

Rostrum arcuatum, validum, modice elongatum, lateraliter angulatum,
basi infra compressum; scrobe basali, breve, oculum non tingente.
Oculi ovati, fronte distantes. Antenne ante medium rostri insertz ;
scapo oculi superante, clavato ; funiculo 7-articulato, articulis duobus
basalibus brevibus; clava ovata. Prothorax transversus, convexus,
apice et lateribus rotundatis, basi subbisinuatus, lobis ocularibus ob-
soletis. Seutellum nullum. Elytra basi prothorace zqualia, lateraliter

420 Mr.F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

valde rotundata, apicem versus subattenuata, apice ipso dehiscentia.
Pedes mediocres, antici longiores; femoribus medio incrassatis ; tebiis
2 to} Die b)
rectis, muticis, anticis intus apice emarginatis ; tarsis brevibus, articulo
penultimo bilobo; wnguiculis basi connatis. Abdomen segmento primo
breviusculo. Processus interfemoralis angustus, antice angulatus.
to} ,

Evidently nearly allied to Synaptonyx, Waterh., but without
ocular lobes, with two unusually short basal joints to the funicle,
and the interfemoral process narrow and angulated anteriorly. Mr.
Waterhouse says that the scape does not extend to the eye; but this
is probably an error, as M. Lacordaire places it with Tanyrhynchine.
I am indebted to Mr. Odewahn for my example.

AXynea saginata, (Pl. XVII. fig. 2.)

X. breviter ovata, picea, sparse setosa, squamis albidis dense tecta; rostro
apicem versus carinato, antice squamoso, infra piceo; capite parvo, im-
punctato; prothorace vage punctato; elytris subseriatim punctatis,
punctis subremotis, apicibus breviter acuminatis; corpore infra pedi-
busque albido-squamosis, Long. 2 lin,

Hab, South Australia.

SIMALLUS.

Caput exsertum. Rostrum brevissimum, crassum, medio canaliculatum,
apicem versus triangulariter emarginatum; scrobe arcuata, laterali,
versus oculos latiori. Oculi mediocres, rotundati. Antenne subgraciles,
in medio rostri insertée ; scapo thorace attingente; funiculo 6-articulato,
art. duobus basalibus reliquis paulo longioribus, totis obconicis ; elava
elongato-ovata. Prothorax transversus, apice angustior, postice fere
truncatus, pone oculos lobatus. Seutellwm minutum, depressum. Elytra
ovata, humeris obsoletis. Czetera ut in Episomo, sed corbulis posticis
apertis.

This genus appears to be closely allied to Episomus, notwithstand-
ing its lobed prothorax ; the lobe, however, does not seem to inter-
fere with the eye, and on this account is probably of less importance
than it otherwise would have been.

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Simallus suleicollis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 8.)

S. ovatus, niger, squamis minutis griseis densissime tectus, lateribus fuscis
et infra albo-argenteo vittatis; capite rostroque omnino squamosis,
vage punctatis, illo inter oculos bilobo, hoc in medio profunde canali-
culato ; spatio triangulari nigro, nitido, marginibus ciliatis; antennis
totis griseo-squamosis ; prothorace dorso reticulato-impresso, medio
sulcato ; elytris basi prothorace vix latioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis
valde determinatis, nigris, interstitiis latis, vix elevatis, sparse setulosis,
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pressis, apice ipso verticali, angulato; corpore infra pedibusque omnino
squamis griseis tectis. Long. (rost. incl.) 6 lin,
Hab, Burmah.

Hyomora.

Rostrum breviusculum, validum, apicem versus arcuatum, supra trisul-
catum ; scrobe apice curvata, profunda, ad frontem oculi percurrente,
sensim latiore et evanescente. Oculi subovati, depressi. Antenne me-
diocres, preeapicales ; scapo clavato, ad medium oculi extenso ; funiculo
7-articulato, articulo primo elongato, secundo breviori, reliquis monili-
formibus ; clava ovata, acuminata. Prothorax convexus, lateribus ro-
tundatus, apice angustior, basi truncatus, lobis ocularibus productis,
ciliatis. Scutellum nullum. E£lytra ovata, connata, humeris rotundatis.
Pedes mediocres, attenuati, postici paulo longiores; femoribus sub-
linearibus, muticis ; be’s subrectis, compressis, in medio crassioribus,
uncinatis, apice productis, corbulis posticis cavernosis; tarsis angus-
tatis, haud spongiosis, articulo penultimo integro. Processus inter-
femoralis antice rotundatus.

I should have been inclined to place this genus near Tropiphorus,
but for its linear tarsi. Styliscus and Cladeyterus have the same
exceptional tarsi; the latter has also apparently a similar ovate con-
vex outline, and is likened by Schénherr to Otiorhynchus ligustici.
The species described below appears to me to resemble most nearly
Omias Bohemanni, but is considerably larger. The two genera men-
tioned above are unknown to M. Lacordaire, but they may possibly
prove to be connected with this genus.

Hyomora porcella, (Pl, XVII. fig. 17.)

H. ovata, fusco-brunnea, setosula, squamulis griseis brunneisque tecta ;
rostro squamuloso, supra trisulcato (vel quadricarinato), sulco inter-
medio longiore ; prothorace creberrime punctato ; elytris striatis, inter-
stitiis foveato-impressis; corpore subtus albido-squamuloso, punctato ;
pedibus setulosis, dense albido-squamosis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Dammara-land,

AROMAGIS.

Rostrum validum, rectum, fere cylindricum, capite duplo longius; scrobe
obliqua, profunda, in basi rostro subtus cum opposita fere connexa,
Oculi rotundati, laterales. Antenne breves, ante medium rostri in-
serte ; seapo gradatim incrassato, oculum haud attingente ; funiculo
6-articulato, articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis, czeteris sensim
latioribus; clava ovata. Prothorax convexus, suboblongus, lateribus
rotundatus, apice angustius, basi truncatus, pone oculos haud lobatus.
Elytra oblonga, basi latiora, humeris yix productis. Pedes validi;
femoribus haud clavatis; tbiis incrassatis, muticis ; tarsis sequalibus,
dilatatis, articulo ultimo triangulari, preecedenti haud longiore; wn-

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guibus liberis. Coxze anticze contiguee. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus majoribus. Processus interfemoralis, triangularis.

It is possible that this genus may be best placed, for the present,
near Atelicus. The legs, especially the broadly dilated tarsi, are
very similar, except that they do not want the terminal joint, which
is, however, very short, and but just filling up the cleft of the pre-
ceding joint, in the species described below. The colour varies from
ashy brown to reddish brown or ferruginous. In habit it bears a
striking resemblance to Chetectetorus.

Aromagis echinata. (Pl. XVII. fig. 3.)

A, oblongo-ovata, cinereo- vel rufo-fusca, tomentosa, supra squamis erectis
instructa ; capite inter oculos squamoso-cristato, medio linea impressa ;
rostro squamoso, apice paulo depresso; prothorace basi constricto,
squamis erectis numerosis, plurimis fasciculatis, dispersis; scutello
parvo, rotundato; elytris oblongis, sensim parum angustioribus, apice
rotundatis, striato-punctatis, squamis erectis triplici serie obsitis, postice
utrinque callis duobus squamoso-fasciculatis ; corpore infra fusco- vel
ferrugineo-squamoso ; pedes squamis erectis tecti. Long. 33 lin.

Hab. South Australia; New South Wales.

JESIOTES.

Rostrum crassum, difforme, medio haud sulcatum ; sevobe obliqua, profunda,
sub margine oculi tingente. Oculi subprominuli, infra angustati, acumi-
nati. Antenne subapicales ; scapo brevi, oculum attingente ; funiculo 7-
articulato, duobus basalibus longiusculis; clava ovata. Prothorax
angustus, oblongus, lateribus irregularis, basi bisinuatus, apice supra
productus, infra late emarginatus; lobus ocularis valde determinatus et
ciliatus. Scutellum oblongum. lytra prothorace basi multo latiora,
ineequalia, postice declivia. Pedes subteretes; femoribus subclavatis,
muticis; ¢ibi’s rectis, inermibus, corbulis posticis apertis ; tars?s articulis
tribus basalibus latitudine fere sequalibus, art. ultimo elongato; wn-
guibus liberis. Metasternum elongatum. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus majoribus. Processus interfemoralis anguste subrotundatus.

A remarkable genus allied to Leptops, but radically distinct in its
open posterior corbels, differently formed rostrum, and elongate
metasternum,

Msiotes notabilis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 16.)

E. oblongus, niger, squamis griseo-metallicis ornatus; capite, fronte et
supra oculos depresso; rostro squamoso, basi linea arcuata impressa,
dein gibboso, lateribus sulcatis, apice triangulariter impresso ; antennis
scapo squamoso, funiculo parce setoso ; prothorace fere duplo longiore
quam latiore, quadri subseriatim longitudinaliter tuberculato, apice
tuberculis duobus elevatis instructo, lateribus fusco-nebulosis; scutello

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basi constricto; elytris subovatis, dorso depresso, tuberculato,fuscescente,
lateribus seriatim curvato-sulcatis, sulcis subfoveatis, interstitiis tuber-
culatis, postice exeuntibus, declivitate tuberculo elongato instructa,
apice dehiscentia, obtuse mucronata; corpore infra pedibusque dense
griseo-squamosis. Long. 7 lin.

Hab, Queensland.

SIGASTUS.

Rostrum robustum, breviusculum, supra integrum, apicem versus dila-
tatum; scrobe obliqua, infra oculum excurrente. © Oculi rotundati.
Antenne breviusculz, pone medium rostri insertze ; scapo oculum haud
attingente; funiculo 7-articulato; articulo ultimo clave adpresso ;
clava breviter ovata. Prothorax conyexus, transversus, antrorsum
sensim attenuatus, basi subbisinuatus. Sceutelldum ovatum. Elytra
ampla, breviter subovata, dorso elongato, humeris haud prominulis.
Pedes robusti, equales ; femoribus anticis subarmatis; tibi’s uncinatis ;
tarsis latis, subtus spongiosis, articulo ultimo brevi ; weguibus basi con-
natis. Core antice paulo.distantes. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus majoribus. Processus interfemoralis triangularis.

Habit of Desmidophorus hebes, Schon. ; but belongs to the Choline
subfamily, and cannot be placed far from Haplonyx, to one of whose
species (1. fasciculatus, Schon.) it bears a very strong resemblance.

Sigastus fascicularis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 6.)

S. breviter ovatus, niger, squamis griseis adspersus, supra nigro-fascicu-
latus ; capite inter oculos depresso ; rostro parce squamoso; anteunis
ferrugineis ; prothorace apice duplo angustiori quam basi, antice fasci-
culis erectis nigro-squamosis instructo, quatuor quadratim positis, et
una minora utrinque duorum anteriorum; scutello ovato, apice sub-
acuto; elytris prothoracis basi multo latioribus, irregulariter sulcatis,
singulis triseriatim nigro-fasciculatis, seriebus duabus intimis quadri-
externis bifasciculatis, apice singulatim ad suturam oblique, truncato ;
corpore infra et pedibus sparse griseo-squamulatis. Long. 4 lin,

Hab. New South Wales; South Australia.

SYARBIS.

Rostrum validum, antice planato-cristatum, apice integrum; scrobe ar-
cuata, obliqua, profunda, infra oculum excurrente. Oculi transversi, late-
rales, distantes. Antenne breviusculz, subapicales ; scapo brevi, cla-
vato ; funiculo 7-articulato, art. basali breviusculo, incrassato, ceteris
subzequalibus ; clava ovata. Prothorax conicus, apice emarginatus,
basi bisinuatus. %Sceutellum oblongum, distinctum. Elytra convexa,
brevia, parallela, apice rotundata, humeris oblique truncatis, Pedes
crassi; femoribus haud clavatis, muticis; tidbits breviter calcaratis ;
tarsis eequalibus, latis, 3-articulatis, articulo tertio rotundato. Meso-

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424 Mr. F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

sternum medio excavatum. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus
maximis, connatis, 3-4 brevissimis. - Pygidiwm obtectum.

On the whole I think that this curious little insect approaches
more nearly Gonipterus than any other known to me. The habit
is something like Huops Australasiw, but more convex. The tarsi
are those of Atelicus.

Syarbis pachypus. (Pl. XVII. fig. 1.)

S. ferrugineus, subnitidus, glaber; capitis vertice rotundato, subtiliter
punctato, pone oculos constricto; antennis nitidis, pallidioribus; pro-
thorace fortiter et vage punctato, lobo scutellari truncato ; elytris ob-
longo-quadratis, prothorace fere duplo latioribus, dorso elevatis, sub-
seriatim punctatis, punctis fortiter impressis ; corpore infra pedibusque
ferrugineis, vix nitidis. Long. 12 lin.

Hab. Queensland.

MeErATyYGES.

Rostrum validum, rectum, basi paulo latius, apice subdepressum ; serobe
obliqua, sub margine infero oculi desinente. Oculi ovati, laterales,
distantes. Antenne medians; scapo clavato, oculum attingente ;
funiculo brevi, 6-articulo, art. basali breviter obconico, secundo minore,
ceteris brevissimis, transversis; clava magna, funiculo fere sequali.
Prothorax transversus, conicus, apice truncatus, basi bisinuatus. Seu-
tellum magnum, triangulare. Elytra quadrato-ovata, dorso elevata,
apice rotundata. Pedes breves, equales; core antics contigue, inter-
mediz valde distantes, posticze approximate ; femoribus subclavatis ;
tibi’is uncinatis; tarsis art. duobus basalibus parvis, triangularibus,
tertio multo latiore et profunde bilobo; wngwiculis parvis, liberis.
Abdomen segmentis longitudine fere zequalibus. Processus interfemo-
ralis apice anguste rotundatus.

A very distinct genus, for which I am unable to suggest an ally.
But for the contiguous anterior coxee, I should have placed it with
the Choline. It is a remarkably short, stout form, suggestive of
Haplonyx. It is covered with a loose fulyous or ochraceous exuda-
tion, which, in fresh specimens, may be brighter and much more
abundant than in the one before me.

Metatyges turritus, (Pl. XVII. fig. 11.)

M. rufo-fuscus, subnitidus, sparse albido-pubescens, et fulvescente fari-
nosus; capite vage punctato, apicem versus rostri evanescente ; rostro
infra oculos fovea oblonga instructo; prothorace medio paulo planato,
utrinque subcalloso, lateribus albescentibus; scutello rufo-brunneo,
apice rotundato; elytris irregulariter reticulato-foveatis, humeris ro-
tundatis, lateraliter paulo incuryatis, dein sensim apicem yersus rotun-

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datis; corpore infra medio laste ochraceo-farinoso ; pedibus grisescenti-
pubescentibus. Long. 43 lin. (sine rost.), ;
Hab. Caftraria.
PHYSARCHUS.

Characteres fere ut in Metatyge, sed antenne ante medium rostri inserte ;
scapo oculi medium attingente; funiculo 7-articulato, art. basali pyri-
formi, secundo longiore, obconico, ceteris modice transversis; clava
magna, funiculo non longiore. Elytra triangularia, antice elevato-
truncata, humeris productis. Pedes longiores.

This has precisely the habit of Metatyges, from which, however, it
is strongly separated by the above characters. The eyes are, it may
be remarked, rather more frontal, and consequently more approxi-
mate infront. There is a sort of saccharine exudation on the speci-

men I have selected as the type, from which the other is entirely
free.

Physarchus pyramidalis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 10.)

P. fuscus, albido- (vel griseo-) pubescens ; capite leviter punctato, medio
rostroque linea impressa; prothorace lateraliter albescente vel dilu-
tiore ; scutello fuseo, medio pallidiore; elytris subcostatis, basi costis
magis elevatis; corpore infra pedibusque griseo-pubescentibus. Long.
3-42 lin.

Hab. Fiji.

ILacuRIs.

Caput exsertum, parvum, conicum. Rostrum elongatum, tenuatum, vix
arcuatum, fere cylindricum ; scrobe subobliqua, infra oculum exeunte.
Oculi rotundati, majusculi, antice subapproximati. -Antenne in medio
rostri inserte ; scapo gracili, apice clavato, oculum haud attingente ;
funiculo 7-articulato, ultimo distincto ; clava attenuata. Prothorax
elytris latior, elevato-convexus, lateribus rotundatus, apice angustatus,
basi utrinque productus, Scutellum parvum, elevatum. Elytra sub-
triangularia, basi subdepressa. Pedes elongati, intermedii minores ;
femoribus clavatis, apicem versus constrictis ; t2biis flexuosis, subeom-
pressis, uncinatis; tarsis equalibus, articulo basali elongato-triangulari,
secundo triangulari, tertio dilatato, bilobo, ultimo elongato ; wnguibus
liberis. Core antice paulo distantes ; intermediz remote. Abdomen
segmentis duobus basalibus multo majoribus, connatis. Processus inter-
femoralis apice angulatus. Pygidiwm paulo exsertum.

A very distinct form, allied to, and in general aspect resembling,
Sphadasmus, Schon.

Tlacuris laticollis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 7.)

I. ovatus, niger, squamis fuscis albisque variegatus ; capite inter oculos de-
presso, rostroque sparse squamosis ; antennis fuscis, subpubescentibus ;
prothorace paulo inzequali, fusco, antrorsum valde angustato, in medio

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carinato et albo vario; scutello albo; elytris prothorace angustioribus,
ad humeros arcte applicatis, sulcatis, interstitiis rugoso-granulatis,
apice conjunctim rotundatis ; basi et postice griseo subfasciatis ; cor-
pore infra pedibusque fuscis, disperse griseo-squamulosis, tibiis anticis
intus apice fimbriatis ; femoribus posticis subtus dentatis, Long. (rost.
incl.) 10 lines,

Hab, Queensland,

ASYTESTA.

Rostrum longiusculum, subteres, fere rectum ; scrobe lineari ad angulum
inferum oculi exeunte. Oculdi mediocres, ovati, infra acuminati. -An-
tenneé tenues, medio rostri insert; scapo oculum haud attingente ;
funiculo 7-articulato, art. basali longiusculo, secundo paulo breviore ;
clava breviter ovata. Prothorax amplus, base truncatus, antice an-
gustus, lateribus rotundatus, lobis ocularibus latis, ciliatis; canalis
pectoralis inter pedes intermedios antice desinens. Scutellwm parvum,
Elytra subtrigonata, prothorace non latiora, convexa. Pedes elongati,
tenuati; femoribus subarmatis; tibiis fere rectis, uncinatis; tarsis
longiusculis, articulis duobus basalibus ciliatis, penultimo bilobo, infra
spongioso, ultimo biunguiculato. Coxe, preesertim postice, valde di-
stantes. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus majoribus, connatis.
Processus interfemoralis antice subangulatus.

There is a great similarity between this and the Chilian genus
Ehyephenes, Schon., from which it will be at once distinguished
(inter alia) by its “ vibrisse” or ciliated ocular lobes. It is also
allied to Arachnobas, Bois., notwithstanding that the latter has no
pectoral canal. Just as Asytesta humeralis is a Rhyephenes cacicus
in miniature, so a second species of Asytesta bears a most striking
resemblance in the distribution of its white stripes (on a black
ground) to Arachnobas gazella, Ol,

Asytesta humeralis. (Pl. XVII. fig. 13.)

A, ovata, nigra, opaca; capite fronte depresso; rostro in medio supra
rugoso-punctato; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; clava murino-pubes-
cente ; prothorace elytris paulo latiore, confertim scrobiculato, granulis
numerosis nitidis dispersis; elytris brevibus, lateribus basi parallelis,
rugoso-sulcatis, interstitiis granulis nitidis instructis, sulcis exterioribus
foveolatis, regione humerali macula magna albo-squamosa; corpore
infra pedibusque squamis minutis griseis dispersis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab, Moluccas,

THYESTETHA.

Characteres fere ut in Arachnoba, sed canalis pectoralis adest inter pedes
posticos protensus; core antice et intermediz contigue ; et femora
infra canaliculata.

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insect here described from the two well-known species of Arach-
nobas, which, though somewhat similar in general outline, are so
different in other respects as scarcely to suggest any affinity between
them.

Thyestetha nitida. (Pl. XVII. fig. 20.)

T. subelliptica, nigra, nitida, glabra; capite fronte convexo, impunctato,
inter oculos rude punctato; rostro ferrugineo, subtiliter punctato,
utrinque basi albo-squamoso; antennis ferrugineis; prothorace fere

- conico, lateribus leviter rotundato, vage punctato, pone oculos squamis
albis tecto ; elytris rufis, basi prothorace haud latioribus, seriatim punc-
tatis, seriebus distantibus, punctis distinctis, pone medium gracile
attenuatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis; corpore infra albo-squamoso ;
pedibus nigris, disperse albo-squamosis; tarsis ferrugineis. Long.

- 22 lin,
ab. Aru.

Opoacis.

Characteres ut in Mecopo, sed clava antennarum art. basali brevi; pedes
antici mediocres, coxee propriz spina acuta armate; femora postica
longissima, incrassata, haud linearia; elytra prothorace latiora; pro-
pectus maris muticum ; et core postice valde distantes.

The great length of the anterior legs of the male is the most
striking feature in Mecopus, while in this genus the posterior legs,
or rather thighs, almost as long as the insect itself, are nearly as
remarkable. It is very curious to notice that the two spines arising
from the breast, just in front of the anterior cox, in Mecopus, are
in Odoacis attached to the coxz themselves.

Odoacis grallarius. (PI. XVII, fig. 24.)

O. elliptico-ovatus, depressiusculus, ater, squamis ochraceis parce ad-
spersis ; rostro subtiliter punctato, infra oculos ad medium tricarinulato ;
oculis intus late emarginatis; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; prothorace
antice in medio carinato, angulis posticis acutis, emarginatis, dorso
crebre foveato, foveis squamositate ochracea indutis ; scutello obovato,
postice latiore; elytris lateribus antice parallelis, dein sensim angus-
tatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis, dorso basi subdepressis, rugoso-
sulcatis, parce ochraceo-squamosis, lateribus profunde foveato-sulcatis,
angulis anticis dentibus quinque vel sex instructis ; corpore infra nigro,
sternis foveatis, ochraceo-squamosis; pedibus nigris, squamositate
ochracea tectis; femoribus posticis apice et tibiis dimidio basali,
nigris, glabris; tibiis posticis brevibus, curvatis, compressis. Long.
23-6 lin.

Hab. Siam.

SEmio.

Rostrum modice elongatum, subarcuatum, apicem versus paulo depressum ;

scrobe brevissima, recta, laterali, oculum desinente. Oculi rotundati,

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laterales. Antenne ante medium rostri insertee ; scapo brevi; funicuo
7-articulato, art. duobus basalibus longiusculis, ceteris brevibus ; clava
ovata. _ Prothorax transversus, antice angustatus, productus, lateribus
rotundatus, basi bisinuatus et scutellum versus valde productus, canalis
pectoralis inter pedes intermedios protensus. Elytra late ovata, de-
pressa, lateribus apiceque rotundatis. Pedes breves, intermedii paulo
minores ; femoribus validis, compressis, haud clavatis, dente subtus
armatis ; ibis arcuatis, compressis, calcaratis; tarsis sequalibus, ar-
ticulo tertio dilatato, bilobo, ultimo modice elongato, Abdomen seg-
mento secundo quam tertio majore. Processus interfemoralis nonnihil
angustatus, apice subangulatus. Corpus depressum.

A broad, depressed Cryptorhynchus-form with small lateral eyes ;
antenne with an unusually short scape, inserted towards the base
of the rostrum, the tibie curved and compressed, and the second
abdominal segment larger than either of the succeeding segments.

Semio ricinoides, (Pl. XVII. fig. 21.)

S. late ovata, depressa, nigra, squamis variis dense tecta; rostro nigro,
nitido, vage punctato; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; capite protho-
raceque fusco-griseis, hoc lateribus nigro notatis; scutello parvo, ro-
tundato, glabro; elytris seriatim subsulcatis, dorso albo, regione scu-
tellari et maculis irregularibus, extus et pone medium, nigris, ceeteris
fusco-griseis; corpore infra nigro, subnitido, punctato; pedibus squamis
fusco-griseis tectis; femoribus basi nigris, glabris. Long. 4 lin.

Hab, Brazil.

EKerivs.

Caput parvum, rotundatum. Rostrum tenue, curvatum, basi paulo an-
gustius ; scrobe laterali, recta, oculum vix tingente. Oculi laterales,
rotundati, antice distantes. Antenne medians ; scapo gradatim incras-
sato, apice acuminato-producto, oculum vix attingente; funiculo 7-ar-
culato, art. basali obconico, secundo multo longiore, ceteris sensim
brevioribus; clava elongato-elliptica. Prothorax conicus, compressus,
dorso elevato, basi bisinuatus et elevatus, scutellum versus productus ;
canalis pectoralis inter pedes posticos protensus. Scutellum nullum.
Elytra inzequalia, brevia, prothoracis basi multo latiora, abdomine
breviora, apicibus obtuse rotundatis. Pedes breviusculi, validi; femo-
ribus dentatis; tébris brevibus, muticis; tarsis articulo penultimo
bilobo ; wnguiculis divisis. Abdomen subverticale, segmento basali
secundo duplo majore. Processus interfemoralis angustus.

Allied to Ceutorhynchus, but with a well-marked pectoral canal,
and (inter alia) with the margins of the prothorax and elytra at
their junction forming a prominent ridge.

Egrius camelus. - (Pl. XVII. fig. 9.)

E. rhombicus, niger, dense squamosus; capite niveo-squamoso, inter

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oculos bispinoso; rostro nigro; antennis ferrugineis, clava fusca; pro-
thorace niveo, basi fusco-squamoso, dorso medio elevato, quadri-
cristato; elytris fusco-squamosis, humeris brunneis, plaga magna re-
gione scutellari niveo-squamosa; corpore subtus pedibusque totis
albo-squamosis. Long. 2 lin.
Hab, Natal.
Isax.

Rostrum truncatum, rectum, basi omnino cylindricum; scrobe recta,
oculum tingente. Ocul rotundi, subfrontales, distantes. Antenne ante
medium insertz; scapo subbrevi; funiculo septem-articulato, articulis
duobus basalibus elongatis; clava modice ovata. Prothorax latus,
antice valde constrictus, lateraliter rotundatus, basi rectus. Scutellum
suborbiculare. Elytra breviter ovata, humeris paulo productis. Pedes
breviusculi, crassi, antice vix majores; ¢ibie@ uncinate ; tars? equales,
breves, triangulares, articulo ultimo elongato; wngues distincti. Meta-
sternum nonnihil elongatum, -dbdomen segmentis duobus basalibus
majoribus, liberis. Processus interfemoralis apice rotundatus.

The slender, straight, almost perfectly cylindrical rostrum at the
base will distinguish this genus from most of the Cryptorhynchine,
at least such as belong to the Australian fauna.

Isax gallinago. (Pl. XVII. fig. 14.)

I, elliptico-ovatus, niger, opacus, squamis griseo-brunneis dispersis ;
rostro nitido, punctato; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; clava fusca;
prothorace medio leviter excavato, confuse punctato, lateribus vage
punctato, utrinque tuberculis squamigeris tribus vix elevatis, quorum
uno apice, sito; scutello elevato; elytris substriato-punctatis, punctis
foveolatis, singulis tuberculis squamigeris oblongis, vix elevatis, quinque,
scil, 3 externis, 2 internis : humeris haud projectis, apice conjunctim ro-
tundatis ; corpore subtus nigro, parce squamoso, pedibus densius griseo-
squamosis. Long. 43 lin.

Hab. Queensland.

MormosintEs.

Characteres generaliter ut in Poroptero, sed articulo ultimo funiculi clave
adpresso ; ¢arsts linearibus, articulo penultimo integro ; processu inter-
femorali antice angulato.

These characters will distinguish this genus from Poropterus. It
has much the habit of P. Parryi, Waterh., but is larger and less
scaly. The lines separating the abdominal segments are very deep
and decided.

Mormosintes rubus. (Pl. XVII. fig. 15.)
M. niger, squamis ferrugineis minutis parce dispersis; rostro reticulato-
punctato; prothorace antice constricto, bituberculato, in medio carinato,

430 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionide.

dorso utrinque intricato-tuberculato, lateribus ante medium tuberculo
conico valido instructo; scutello nullo; elytris ovatis, convexis, postice
declivis, apice truncatis, angulo externo tuberculo terminato, ad suturam
tuberculis oblongis seriatim dispositis, utrinque tuberculis plurimis,
quorum sex validis conicis ; corpore subtus nigro, ferrugineo-squamoso ;
pedibus squamis numerosis tectis. Long. 11 lin.

Hab. Queensland.

BLEpPrmarDA.

Rostrum elongatum, arcuatum, subteres ; scrobe laterali, lineari, profunda,
ad oculum desinente. Oculi mediocres, rotundati, antice modice dis-
tantes. Antenne apice insertee ; scapo longo, apice crassiore ; funicalo
7-articulato, art. primo longiusculo, secundo multo longiore, cxteris
brevibus, eequalibus, ciliatis; clava elongata, solida. Prothorax trans-
verse subconicus, basi bisinuatus, apice paulo productus, pone oculos
ciliatus, dorso subdepressus; canalis pectoralis profundus, ad pedes
intermedios productus, et postice elevato-emarginatus. Scutellum ro-
tundatum. lytra subtriangularia, basi prothorace vix vel paulo
latiora, humeris rotundatis. Pedes antici longiores, reliqui eequales ;
femorrbus linearibus, subtus dente armatis ; ¢dc7s rectis, compressis, un-
cinatis ; tarsis subelongatis, subtus spongiosis, art. penultimo latiore, bi-
lobo, ultimo longiusculo; wnguibus liberis. Abdomen segmentis duobus
basalibus majoribus. Processus interfemoralis anguste rotundatus.

Without doubt allied to Protopalus, Schén.; but its singular an-
tenn, inserted almost at the apex of the rostrum, are very remark-
able and characteristic, as are also the vibrisse or ciliation behind
the eyes, There is a second species from Fiji.

Blepiarda undulata. (Pl. XVII. fig. 12.)

B. subelliptica, fusca, griseo-squamosa; capite inter oculos et vertice
impresso; rostro medio carinulato, apice foveato, rugoso-punctato ;
antennis ferrugineis, funiculo nitido, clava griseo-pubescente ; protho-
race haud punctato, dorso insequali; elytris seriatim punctatis, inter-
stitiis paulo elevatis, basi prothorace vix latioribus, postice transversim
undulato-cristatis, apicem versus singulis macula flavida ornatis, apice
ipso conjunctim rotundatis ; corpore infra parce squamoso: segmento
primo abdominis postice late emarginato; pedibus griseo-squamosis.
Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Queensland.

Myrresis.

Rostrum tenuatum, arcuatum, subangulare ; scrobe laterali, oculum tin-
gente. Oculi oblongi, laterales. Antenne ante medium inserte, gra-
ciles; seapo gradatim incrassato; funiculo 7-articulato, art. duobus
basalibus longiusculis, reliquis sensim brevioribus ; clara anguste ovata.
Prothorax ampliatus, transversus, convexus, apice valde angustatus,
lateribus rotundatus, basi truncatus, canalis pectoralis inter pedes pos-

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ticos fere protensus, postice elevato-marginatus. Scutellwum minutum.
Elytra \atissima, globosa vel rotundata, prothoracis basi haud latiora,
humeris nullis. Pedes mediocres; femoribus haud clavatis ; tabus bre-
viusculis, rectis, linearibus, breviter uncinatis; tars’s sequalibus, art
penultimo dilatato, bilobo; wngwbus liberis. Metasternum brevis-
simum. Abdomen parvum, segmentis duobus basalibus maximis,
tertio et quarto brevissimis. Processus interfemoralis latissimus, medio
emarginatus.

The sterna of this genus, particularly the metasternum, are re-
markably short; so that the anterior, intermediate, and posterior
cox are almost contiguous, but are widely separated from their
fellows by the deep pectoral canal, which is bordered posteriorly or
between the two posterior pairs of coxee by a broad elevated line.
The termination of the canal extends so far as to have forced, so to
say, the posterior edge of the metasternum into the interfemoral
process, and so created the emargination, which will probably prove
the strongest character of the genus. It belongs to the Crypto-
rhynchine.

Myrtesis caligata. (Pl. XVII. fig. 19.)

M. late ovata, tuberculifera, nigra, opaca, squamulis brunneis dispersis ;
capite et rostro rugoso-punctatis, hoc utrinque linea squamosa instructo,
apice granulato; antennis rufo-piceis, nitidis; prothorace apice con-
stricto, dorso inzequaliter impresso, fortiter punctato, in medio carinato ;
elytris tuberculiferis, tuberculis parum elevatis, postice magis deter-
minatis, basi utrinque macula albo-squamosa; corpore infra nigro;
segmentis duobus basalibus abdominis foveolatis; pedibus dense griseo-
squamosis. Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Queensland.

The following include descriptions of the new species of Asytesta
and Blepiarda alluded to in the foregoing article :—

Asytesta vittata.

A, ovata, nigra, opaca; capite fronte convexo; rostro supra, preesertim
in medio, rugoso-punctato; antennis ferrugineis, nitidis; prothorace
elytris fere eequali, confertim scrobiculato, granulis numerosis nitidis
dispersis et lineis albis quinque ornato, una mediana, alteris laterali-
bus; elytris ut in Asytesta humeral, sed margine basali ablo et lineis
longitudinalibus albis quinque instructo, quarum una suturali, duabus
lateralibus ; corpore infra pedibusque squamis minutis griseis dispersis.
Long. 3 lin.

Hab. Moluccas; Aru.

The white lines are distributed almost precisely as in Arachnobas

432 Mr.F.P. Pascoe on some new Genera of Curculionids.

gazella, only there is in that species no basal marginal line, and the
sutural lines diverge from each other so as to form two lines.
Another species of Asytesta differs, inter alia, in having a much
shorter prothorax, not narrowed in front to anything like the same
extent as in the two described above. The rostrum is also shorter.

Asytesta maura.

A, ovata, tota nigra, opaca ; capite confertim punctato; rostro mediocri,
supra reticulato-foveato ; prothorace elytris paulo angustiore, confertim
scrobiculato, squamulis setiformibus adsperso, lateribus rotundato, an-
tice haud angusto-producto; elytris breviter ovatis, seriatim tubercu-
latis, tuberculis magnis elevatis, apicibus nitidis, interstitiis foveatis ;
pedibus griseo-setulosis ; tibiis longitudinaliter sulcatis. Long. 2 lin.

Hab, Moluccas.

Blepiarda lophotes.

B. subelliptica, fusca, squamis albidis et ochraceis tecta ; capite inter oculos
leviter impresso; rostro haud carinulato, apice excavato; antennis
scapo nigro, funiculo ferrugineo, nitido, clava murino-pubescente ; pro-
thorace remote punctato, dorso vix inzequali; elytris seriatim oblongo-
punciatis, interstitiis haud elevatis, lateribus postice sensim compressis,
ad declivitatem elevatis et piloso-cristatis, pilis ochraceo-brunneis,
apice rotundatis ; corpore infra nigro; seemento primo abdominis late
emarginato; pedibus albido-squamosis. Long. 5 lin. ;

Hab, Fiji.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVII.

The fore legs and antennz are also represented, when not
otherwise mentioned.

Fig. 1. Syarbis pachypus. Fig. 16. Asvotes notabilis (and un-
» 2. Xynea saginata. der side of the prothorax,
» 0 Aromagis echinatus. to show the emargina-
5, 4. Aphela helopoides. tion).

» 9. Methypora postica. 5, 17. Hyomora porcella.
» 6. Stgastus fascicularis. » 18. Oncorhinus scabricollis,
» %. Llacuris laticollis. Schon.
» 8. Stmallus sulcicollis, claws, » 19. Myrtesis caligata.
&e. y 20. Thyestetha nitida.
5 9 Egrius camelus, claws, &c. y 21. Semio ricinordes.
» 10. Physarchus pyramidalis, 9, 22. Atychoria funesta.
» Ll. Metatyges turritus. » 23. Myossita rufula.
» 12. Bleparda undulata. » 24. Odoacis grallarius (hind
» 13. Asytesta humeralis. leg, ant. coxee, &c.).
» 14. Isax gallinago. » 26. Ethemaia sellata.

», 15. Mormosintes rubus.

Mr. J. 8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 433

XXIX.— Attempt at a Classification of the Kumolpide.
By J. 8. Bary.

(Continued from p. 163.)

Subfamily II. Myocuroin 2.

| Body apterous or winged, oblong or elongate, convex or subcylindrical,
often flattened above, non- or but faintly metallic, clothed with ad-
pressed scale-like hairs or scales. Thorax convex or flattened above,
lateral surface forming a distinct angle with the disk, lateral border
usually entire, sometimes replaced either by a row of irregular teeth, or
by a toothed ridge; anterior episternwm always distinct. Antenne fili-
form or subfiliform, basal joint short, incrassate ; eyes usually notched,
rarely entire. lytra rarely (Dictyneis) soldered together along the
suture, punctate-striate, or irregularly punctured, their surface some-
times furnished with longitudinal rows of tubercles. Legs moderately
robust; thighs usually unarmed beneath, rarely toothed; anterior tebie
either simple or armed within just before the apex with a short spine
or tooth; four hinder fidie usually simple, rarely notched at their
apices; claws appendiculated or bifid. - Prosternum separated from its
episterna by a distinct groove, the latter rarely obsolete.

The present subfamily is of much smaller extent than the preced-
ing, the insects composing it being, however, generally of a larger
size; they are dull and sombre, although often possessing a faint
metallic tinge, more especially on the elytra, in this as well as in
some other characters approaching the third subfamily, the Bromiine,
which are for the most part brilliantly metallic. The Myochroine
differ from the Adoxine chiefly in the general habit, in the posses-
sion of well-defined anterior episterna, and in the form of the thorax ;
in the Adowine this part of the body is more or less cylindrical
above, its lateral border obsolete, and its lateral surfaces usually
forming with the disk the segment of a circle; in the Myochroine
the disk always forms a distinct angle with the side portion or
“ora”? of the thorax ; it is frequently (as in Myochrous) flattened in
the middle, the lateral margins being always more or less distinctly
developed; the claws in the great majority of the species are
appendiculated, and not toothed or bifid as (on the contrary) is the
case in nearly all the genera of Adoxime. Pachnephorus, by its
notched hinder tibiz, as well as through habit and other characters,
forms a strong connecting link between the present subfamily and the
Typophorine ; in fact, for some time I hesitated in which of the two
subfamilies I should place the genus ; lastly, the Myochroine, through
the simple prosternum of Eryaia, are allied to the Bromine.

434 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

The geographical range of the Myochroine is much more re-
stricted than that of the preceding subfamily, all the genera, with
two exceptions, belonging to the American fauna. Glyptoscelis is
found in North and Central America. The species of Myochrous
extend from the warmer parts of North America southwards to
Chili, Columbia’ being apparently their metropolis. Dictyneis, which
has been hitherto confounded with the genus Myochrous, is exclu-
sively Chilian. Pachnephorus stretches over a vast geographical
area,—eight or nine species being natives of Middle and Southern
Europe, one of Continental India, one or more of the Malay Archi-
pelago, and two of Southern Africa*. Hryaia is at present found
only in Africa, the single species on which the genus is erected having
been sent by the late Dr. Baikie from the banks of the Niger.

Table of Genera.

A. Apterous; elytra soldered together at the suture... 1. Dictyneis.
B. Winged ; elytra not united at the suture.
I. Prosternum separated from the episterna by
sutural grooves.
1. Sides of the thorax, often interrupted at
base and apex, always armed with irre-
gular teeth sy y.niigise tied. 52 Sees 2. Myochrous.
2. Sides of the thorax always entire, unarmed.
a. Four hinder tibie simple ........ 3. Glyptoscelis.
b. Four hinder tibiz notched at the
APOK nore cul ee tera cee eet ee 4, Pachnephorus.
II. Prosternum united in a continuous piece with
its episterna, sutural grooves obsolete .... 5. Eryvia.

Genus DicryNeEis.
Myochrous (part), Blanch. in Gay's Faun, Chil.

Apterous. Body elongate or oblong, very convex, often subcylindrical,
non-metallic, closely covered with adpressed scales or scale-like hairs.
Head deeply buried in the thorax, perpendicular; antenne long,
slender, filiform, sometimes slightly thickened towards the apex, first
joint incrassate, second very short, third equal in length to or longer than
the two preceding united. Zhorax subcylindrical above, disk forming a
distinct angle with the ora, lateral margin defined, but without a regular
border, frequently armed with one or more short irregular teeth.

* Leconte, in his edition of ‘ Melscheimer’s Catalogue,’ places three North Ame-
rican species in this genus: the first, 10-nxotatus, Say, belongs to Xanthonia, a
genus of Adoxine; the two others I do not know, but greatly doubt their being
true Pachnephori.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the EFumolpide. 435

Scutellum small. Llytra closely soldered together along the suture,
narrowed posteriorly, convex, often flattened along the back, irregu-
larly punctured, usually furnished with longitudinal rows of tubercles.
Legs subelongate, moderately robust ; thighs narrowed at the base, mo-
derately thickened, each frequently armed beneath with a short tooth,
the front pair rather thicker than the others; ¢bie often thickened at
the apex ; this part in the anterior pair more or less incurved; wnguiculi
appendiculated. Prosternum broad, separated on either side from its
episterna by a deep groove; anterior episternum scapulariform.
Type, Dictyneis (Myochrous) pulvinotus, Blanch. Chili.

The apterous body and soldered elytra divide Dictyneis from
Myochrous, with which genus in other characters it is closely allied ;
the insects belonging to it are hitherto found only in Chili and the
Argentine Republic. The present genus is (as far as our knowledge
extends) the only apterous one in the whole family of Eumolpide ;
the insects belonging to it have, from their gibbous and tuberculate
elytra, a peculiar facies by which they are easily recognizable ; many
of the species have been described by Blanchard in the Faun. Chil. :
more recently several others have been characterized by Philippi in
the Stettin. Ent. Zeit. The collection made in the Argentine Republic
by M. Germaine, now in my possession, contains a fine series of
species of the genus, including several new.

Genus Myocurovs, Erichs.
Consp. Ins. Col. Peruanz, p. 164.

Winged. Body elongate, parallel, subcylindrical, more or less flattened
above, non- or faintly metallic, clothed with adpressed scales or scale-
like hairs. Head inserted in the thorax, perpendicular; antenne sub-
filiform, moderately slender, rather longer than half the body, basal
joint incrassate, second very short, third about equal to the first in
length ; eyes entire or notched. Thorax above transversely convex,
flattened in the middle of. the disk, the latter forming a distinct angle
with the lateral portion; side margin distinct, frequently dilated, its
outer edge armed with irregular teeth (in some species the anterior
portion is obsolete); the apical margin sometimes anteriorly produced.
Scutellum small, Elytra parallel, subcylindrical, more or less flattened
along the back, not soldered at the suture, upper surface closely punc-
tate-striate. Legs of normal length, moderately robust ; thighs slightly
thickened (the anterior pair distinctly thicker than the rest), frequently
furnished beneath with a short tooth; anterior éébie incurved, often
armed on their inner surface with a short tooth ; wngwiculi appendicu-
lated. Prosternum separated on each side from its episterna by a dis-
tinct groove ; anterior episternum scapulariform.

Type, Myochrous immundus, Erichs. Peru.

436 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide.

The insects composing this very natural genus, although not very
numerous in species, are scattered over a large extent of the Ame-
rican continent ; the narrow parallel habit of Myochrous, as contrasted
with the shorter, more convex, and posteriorly attenuated form of
Dictyneis, will, without reference to structural characters (which also
afford abundant points of difference), separate the two genera at first
sight: from Glyptoscelis (with which genus it agrees more closely in
form) it may be known by its appendiculated claws, toothed sides of
thorax, and the squamose clothing of the elytra.

Genus GuiyprosceLis, Leconte.
Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 81.

Winged. Body elongate, subcylindrical, metallic, covered with adpressed
scale-like hairs. Head perpendicular, scarcely exserted, the forehead
convex; antenne filiform, scarcely thickened towards the apex, longer
than half the body, basal joint thickened, second shorter than the first,
third and following joints each about equal in length to the first, four
or five upper joints, slightly thickened ; eyes large, their inner edge
broadly notched; apex of maxillary palpus ovate, obtuse. Thorax convex
or transversely convex, disk forming a distinct angle with the lateral
portions; side margin distinct, entire, unarmed. Scutellwm of moderate
size, obtuse or truncate. -Elytra parallel, the apex of each usually pro-
duced into an acute process, more rarely conjointly rounded, above
subcylindrical, irregularly punctured. Legs moderately robust ; thighs
simple, unarmed; ¢b¢e with their outer surface strongly grooved ; un-
guiculr bifid, Prosternum separated from the anterior episternum by a
deep groove.

Type, Glyptoscelis eneipennis, Baly. Venezuela.

The known species of Glyptoscelis, few in number, are natives of
the southern portion of the United States and of Columbia. From
Myochrous the genus is separated by the entire, unarmed sides of the
thorax, as well as by the irregular puncturing of the elytra: from
Pachnephorus it is divided by the unnotched hinder tibie, and by the
form of the scale-like hairs clothing the upper surface of the body.

Genus Pacunepnorts, Redt.

Faun. Austr. i. p. 565. 569.
Winged. Body elongate, subcylindrical, non- or faintly metallic, clothed
with adpressed, bifid or emarginate scales*. Head inserted in the
thorax, perpendicular ; front often swollen and convex; antenne sub-

* The scales on the upper surface of Pachnephorus cylindricus, a common
European species, are very minute, and apparently entire at their apices, those
on the legs and under surface of the body are, however, bifid.

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide. 4387

filiform, distinctly thickened towards the apex, basal joint incrassate,
second nearly as long as the first, moderately thickened, third not
longer than the second, five upper joints slightly compressed and
gradually increasing in thickness; eyes prominent, their inner edge
slightly sinuate. Thorax subcylindrical above, lateral margin distinct,
entire, unarmed. Scutellum moderate in size. -Elytra parallel or sub-
parallel, subcylindrical, punctate-striate. Legs moderately robust ;
thighs simple; four hinder tébi@ each notched on their outer edge, near
the apex; wnguiculi appendiculated or toothed. Prosternum broad,
separated from the episterna on either side by a deep grove; anterior
episternum scapulariform. |
Type, Pachnephorus tessellatus, Dufts. Europe.

The notched hinder tibie, together with the bifid scales, will dis-
tinguish this genus from its allies. Pachnephorus is one of the
genera found beyond the confines of America. The species inhabit
Europe, India, the Malay Archipelago and Southern Africa. They
appear, however, most abundantly in middle and eastern Europe.

Genus Eryx, Baly.

Body elongate, subcylindrical, submetallic, closely clothed with narrow,
adpressed scales. Head perpendicular, moderately buried in the thorax ;
face broad; antenne subfiliform, five upper joints slightly thickened,
first and four following joints of nearly equal length, the basal one
thickened ; eyes prominent, entire. Thorax subcylindrical above,
lateral margin entire. lytra scarcely broader than the thorax, pa-
rallel, irregularly punctured. Zegs moderately robust ; thighs simple ;
four hinder ébie each slightly notched on its outer edge, near the apex ;
unguiculi appendiculated. Prosternum forming a single piece with its
episterna, sutural grooves obsolete.

Type, Eryxia Baikii, Baly. Banks of Niger.

This genus may be looked upon as a connecting link between the
Myochroine and the next subfamily: with the former it agrees en-
tirely in general appearance, narrow subcylindrical form, and in the
squamose clothing of the body ; with the latter it is connected through
the absence of the sutural grooves between the prosternum and the
anterior episterna, being the only genus belonging to the present sub-
family in which these latter are absent. The only known species was
collected by the late Dr. Baikie on the banks of the Niger.

Eryxia Baikit, Baly.
E. narrow, elongate, subcylindrical, obscure cupreo-zeneous ; legs rufous ;
whole body closely clothed with narrow, adpressed, pale fulvo-fuscous

scales ; outer half of antennee black.—Long. 23 lin.
Hab. Banks of the Niger.

438 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

Thorax scarcely longer than broad ; sides rounded, converging at base
and apex; the fuscous scales on the surface are mixed with griseous
scales, which form several ill-defined longitudinal rows, one more dis-
tinct than the rest running down the middle of the disk. The scales
on the elytra also have intermingled with them both griseous and
darker fuscous scales, which form here and there ill-defined patches on
the surface.

Subfamily III. Bromrinaz.

Body winged, broadly oblong-ovate or oblong, rarely elongate, very con-
vex or subcylindrical, usually metallic, often brilliantly variegated with
metallic colours, clothed above with coarse hairs. Head more or less
deeply inserted in the body. Prosternum united in a single piece with
its episterna, sutural grooves obsolete ; episterna always well defined.
Thorax subcylindrical above, disk more or less convex, always forming
an angle with the lateral portions of the thorax ; Jateral margin usually
entire, rarely (Syricta) obsolete at the apex. Legs robust; thiyhs
simple; ¢ibie thickened at their apices, intermediate pair usually
notched.

The Bromiine are more robust and of larger size than the majority
of the species composing the two preceding subfamilies; many of
the species are strikingly beautiful, they are usually metallic, and
the pubescence on the upper surface of the body is composed of
coarse, suberect or erect hairs, which contrast strongly with the
adpressed scale-like covering in the Myochroine and in the greater
number of the Adoxine*. From the Myochroine (Eryxia excepted)
the present subfamily may be known by the absence of the sutural
grooves between the prosternum and the anterior episterna; in form
and size the Bromine closely resemble the Oorynodine, but they
may be distinguished from that subfamily by the same character, viz.
the absence of the prosternal grooves, also by the strongly marked
pubescence of the upper surface of the body.

The geographical distribution is very limited. Bromus is found
in Siam and the Malay Islands, Lophea in Burmah, Acrothinium in
Japan and Northern China, and Syricta in Southern Africa.

Table of Genera.
A. Claws bifid.
1. Lateral border of thorax entire; club of an-

fennm, five-jombted. ..'casissiisisieigee sae ni 1. Bromius.
2. Lateral border of thorax obsolete in front;
club of antennee six-jointed.............. 2. Syricta.

* In some species of Bromius, in addition to the usual covering, are a number
of decumbent, metallescent hairs, which form large patches on the surface.

Mr.J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 439

B. Claws appendiculated.
1. Joints of tarsus of equal width; body metallic 3. Acrothintum.
2. Basal joint of tarsus narrower than the two
following joints; body non-metallic ...... 4. Lophea.

Genus Bromivs.
Chevr. M.S. (part) in Dej. Cat. 3rd edit., nee Redtenb.
Trichochrysea, Baly.

Body broadly oblong or oblong, very convex, metallic, covered with coarse
suberect hairs. Head perpendicular, deeply buried in the thorax ; face
usually of normal width, more rarely in the ¢ broadly dilated, in which
case the mandibles are enlarged and prominent, the epistome being
deeply emarginate, and produced on either side into a short tooth or
process*; antenne subfiliform or subincrassate, the five upper joints
more or less thickened, and occasionally compressed and dilated into
a distinct club; basal joint thickened, second rather shorter than the
first; third, fourth, and fifth, each rather longer than the second, equal,
slender, filiform; eyes entire. Thorax subcylindrical above, lateral
border distinct, entire; surface closely punctured, not irregularly ex- -
eavated. Elytra much broader than the thorax, sides parallel, apex
broadly rounded ; above convex, coarsely punctured, unicolorous or orna-
mented with brilliant metallic patches. Legs robust; thighs simple ;
intermediate pair of téb¢e@ notched on the outer edge near its apex ; wn-
guiculi bifid. Prosternum broad, forming a single piece with its epi-
sterna, the sutural grooves obsolete.

Type, Bromius hirtus, abr. Malay Archipelago.

The name of Bromius was first proposed by M. Chevrolat in the
3rd edition of Dejean’s ‘ Catalogue’ to receive Humolpus vitis and
obscurus, two well known European insects; in addition he placed
under the same generic head F. hirtus, Fab., together with several
other allied exotie species, which (beyond slight external resem-
‘blances) had no affinity whatever with the typical species. After
the lapse of a considerable period the genus Bromius was charac-
- terized for the first time by Redtenbacher, in his ‘ Fauna Austrie,’ _
this author also taking H. vitis for his type. Unfortunately, how-
ever, in the meanwhile the Rev. W. Kirby, in his work on North
American Insects, had erected the American form of £. vitis into
a genus under the name of Adowus. Consequently Bromius, which
at the date of Kirby’s work was merely a MS. name, was reduced

* The insects possessing the above-named peculiarities in the formation of the
head were formerly separated by me under the generic name Trichochrysea ; as,
however, they exist in the male only, the female not being distinguishable from
the same sex in Bromdus, I have not considered it advisable to retain the
genus.

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440 Mr.J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

(although still used in several of our European catalogues, and applied
to H. vitis) into a synonym, As it seems a pity that the well-known
name of Bromius should be entirely lost, I have transferred its use
to the exotic portion of the genus (as originally understood by
Cheyrolat), taking #. hirtus, Fab., for the type. Little need be said
about geographical distribution, all the species, without exception,
being found in India, Birmah, and the Malay Archipelago. The
common species B. hirtus, Fab., has a much wider range than the
rest.

Note.—The species of Bromius having been described by myself
and others under several generic heads, I give for convenience sake
a list of all known to me as belonging to the genus.

Bronuus hurtus, Fabr...........+. Bisa India, Malay Archipelago.
Philippinensis, MUN... 5 eyore = Manilla.

——— Hebe amin ome eine cn es 5.4 avatars = wh Siam.
CVEMESCENS, SMILE: otal. wists oleae tee e's Penang.
vestita (Trichochrysea), mihi...... Northern India.

—— Mouhoti ( Trichochrysea), mihi... . Cambodia.

—— Japana (Heteraspis), Motsch. .... Japan. .

—— imperialis (Calomorpha), mihi .... Northern China.

Genus Syricra.
Calomorpha, Stal, Ofvers. af Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Forh. xv. p. 251.
Body oblong, convex, metallic, clothed with coarse pubescence. Head
deeply buried in the thorax, perpendicular; antenne moderately ro-
bust, six upper joints thickened and slightly compressed, basal joint
thickened, second nearly as long as the first, third, fourth, and fifth
about equal in length, slightly increasing in thickness, each scarcely
longer than the second; eyes entire. Thorax subcylindrical above,
lateral margin distinct posteriorly, its anterior fourth obsolete, upper
surface irregularly pitted. Elytra broader than the thorax, their apex
broadly rounded; surface coarsely punctured, ornamented with patches
of adpressed, pale, metallescent hairs. Legs robust; thighs simple ;
intermediate pair of ¢ibie with their outer edge notched near the apex.
Prosternum united into a single piece with its episterna, the latter sub-
cuneiform.
Type, Syricta (Calomorpha) Walbergii, Stal. Port Natal.

The present genus was originally established by Dr. Stal for the
reception of a beautiful species from Port Natal: Callimorpha having
been previously used by Latrielle for a Lepidopterous genus, I have
been compelled reluctantly to change Dr. Stal’s name. Syricta may
be known from Bromius by the imperfect lateral border to the thorax,
as well as by six (instead of five) of the upper joints of the antenne

Mr. J.S. Baly on the Classification of the Eumolpide. 441

being thickened and compressed. I only know two species, both from
Port Natal; the second, described formerly by myself in this Journal
(antea, p. 220) as a Bromius, I dedicated to H. Bohemann.

Genus Acroruinium, Marshall.
Recens. Corynod., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1864.

Body oblong, convex, metallic, clothed with suberect hairs. Head per-
pendicular, deeply buried in the thorax; antenne subfiliform, five
upper joints slightly compressed and thickened, basal joint short, in-
crassate, second nearly equal in length to the first, four following joints
nearly equal, slender, each rather longer than the first ; eyes with their
inner edge very slightly sinuate. Thorax subcylindrical above, lateral
margin distinct, entire, surface coarsely punctured. Elytra broader
than the thorax, convex, coarsely punctured, covered with suberect
hairs, which are rather more scattered than in Bromius and the other
allied genera. Legs robust; thighs produced into an indistinct angle
beneath ; intermediate tébie obsoletely notched near the apex; the
three lower joints of all the ¢arsi of equal breadth, second joint trian-
gular, third narrowed at the base, semiovate ; wngurculr appendiculated.
Prosternum united in a single piece with its episterna.

Type, Acrothinium Gaschkevitchii, Motsch. Etud. Entom. 1860, p. 23.

The only species hitherto known as belonging to the genus is
found native in Northern China and Japan, where it appears to be
common. Both the Rey. T. Marshall and Motschulsky, in their dia-
gnoses, have omitted to notice the pubescence on the upper surface
of the body: this character, together with the absence of the sutural
grooves between the prosternum and episterna, removes the genus
from the Corynodine to the present subfamily. Motschulsky has
described the insect as belonging to Chrysochus, a genus with which
it has no affinity.

Genus Lorna, Baly.

Body subelongate, parallel, subcylindrical, non-metallic, clothed with
coarse suberect hairs. Head deeply buried in the thorax, perpen-
dicular ; antenne subfiliform, the five upper joints slightly thickened
and compressed, first joint incrassate, second short, third, fourth, fifth,
and sixth slender, equal, each rather longer than the first ; eyes entire.
Thorax transversely convex, subglobose on the disk ; lateral border dis-
tinct, entire. Elytra broader than the thorax, subcylindrical, coarsely
punctured. Legs robust; thighs simple; external surface of inter-
mediate fb¢e not notched; basal joint of tarsus narrower than the
second, the latter triangular, the third broad at the base, transverse,
closely articulated with the second, the two conjointly cordate ; wn-

442 Mr. J.8. Baly on the Classification of the Kumolpide.

. guiculi appendiculated. Prosternwm united with its episterna ina single
plece ; episternum wedge-shaped.
Type, Lophea melancholica, Baly. Birmah.

Lophea may be known from Bromius by its appendiculated claws ;
from Acrothinium by the metallic colour and shorter form of the
latter genus, by the different relative lengths of the basal joints of
the antenne, and, lastly, by the different shape of the tarsal joints.
In Lophea the third joint is distinctly broader than the first, the
second being closely articulated with the third, the two conjointly
being heart-shaped; in Acrothinium, on the other hand, the three
joints are of equal width, the second being at the same time less
closely articulated with the third.

The species on which I have founded the genus has been recently
received from Birmah. I have only seen two specimens, both now
in my own collection.

Lophea melancholica, Baly.

L. elongate, parallel, subcylindrical, black or bluish black, subnitidous,
clothed with suberect griseous hairs ; thorax and elytra coarsely punc-
tured.—Long. 5 lin.

Hab. Birmah.

Head rugose; front impressed with a longitudinal groove ; epistome
transverse, its anterior margin slightly concave; antennze two-thirds
the length of the body, their five upper joints compressed, slightly
dilated, scarcely forming a club. Thorax about a third broader than
long, very convex on the disk; sides parallel and sinuate posteriorly,
converging in front, anterior and posterior angles acute; surface coarsely
punctured (in one of the two specimens that I possess a short, smooth,
raised longitudinal line runs along the middle of the disk). Seutellum
semiovate, smooth, concave. Elytra much broader than the thorax,
parallel, their apex broadly rounded ; upper surface subcylindrical, ob-
soletely impressed below the basilar space, coarsely punctured, clothed
like the rest of the body with coarse griseous hairs. Legs robust; all
the tibize dilated externally at their apices. Breast and abdomen more
finely punctured than the upper surface of the body, clothed with
silvery pubescence.

My two specimens differ slightly in colour, one is entirely black,
the other has a faint bluish tint ; in their dull sombre hue they pre-
sent a strong contrast to the majority of the species belonging to the
present subfamily, which are for the most part brilliantly metallic.

CoRRIGENDA.

Page 147, note, for Heteraspine, read Myochroine.

JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY.

No. XIV.—JuNE, 1866.

XXX.—WNotices of new or little-known Genera and Species of Coleo-
ptera. By Francis P. Pascoz, F.LS., &e. (late President of the
Entomological Society).

{Concluded from p. 56.]
Puates XVIII. & XTX.
Parr V.

Ocrrosanis [Cucujide ].

Caput rhomboideum, antice truncatum. Labiwm sat magnum, antice
rotundatum. Mentwm transversum, antice truncatum. Palpi labiales
parvi. Oculi prominentes. Palpi macxillares validi, art. ult. securi-
formi. abrum transverse quadratum. Mandibule bifid. Antenne
breves, claviformes* ; scapo oblongo-ovato, art. 5 antennarum minus
longiore ; articulo secundo brevi, ceteris obconicis ad septimum sensim
erassioribus, ultimo appendiculato duodecimum simulante. Prothorax |
elongato-quadratus, apice emarginatus, basi leviter lobatus. Elytra
elongata, parallela, abdomine breviora. Pedes perbreves; femora com-
pressa, ovata; ébie subfiliformes; tars? heteromeri, paulo dilatati,
art. penult.integro. Coxe omnes subcontigue, posticee processu inter-
femorali spiniformi separate. Abdomen segmentis sequalibus, ultimo
paulo longiore excepto. Corpus elongatum, planatum, depressissimum.

The extraordinary flatness of this most singular insect in propor-
tion to its size is, I should think, almost without a parallel among
the whole class. Its nearest relationship at present appears to be
with Hemipeplus, Latr., with which it agrees in a great number of

* This term seems in one quarter to have been misunderstood ; I use it to de-
note “club-formed,” i. e. gradually incrassated from the base to near the apex,
where it contracts again,—in contra distinction to “clavate” or “ clubbed,” i. e.
when there is a sudden enlargement or knobbing at the end.

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444 Mr. F. P. Paseoe on some new or little-known

particulars, but from which it essentially differs in the shorter basal
joint of the antenne, and the great length of the elytra, which, not-
withstanding, do not cover the abdomen. Hemipeplus is known only
from a single specimen originally found in Scotland, and which has
been redescribed by M. Lacordaire ; who, on the other hand, had not
seen the cognate genus Jnopeplus*, which, on reference to the first
volume of this work, Pl. XVI. fig. 9, will be seen to differ very de-
cidedly in habit. I have dedicated the species to Mr. Dohrn of Stettin,
to whom I am indebted for my example.

Ochrosanis Dohrnwi. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 7.)
O. pallide ochracea; oculis nigris.
Hab. West Indies.
Pale ochre-yellow, very minutely punctured, and having an exceed-
ingly delicate pubescence above; eyes black ; prothorax rather concave
towards the base, with a strongly marked fovea near the posterior angle ;
scutellum transverse, the sides at first parallel, triangular behind; elytra
broader than the prothorax, four times as long as broad, but leaving the
last and part of the penultimate segment of the abdomen uncovered ;
abdomen beneath smoky brown, minutely piloso-granulated, sterna
ochraceous, smooth ; antennse nearly as long as the head and protho-
rax together. Length 43 lines.

Enarsvs [Colydiide ].

Caput retractum. Oculi subrotundati. Antenne 11-articulate, subpilose,
clava triarticulata, Palpi maxillares sensim crassiores. Mentuwm qua-
dratum. Labiwn valde-transversum. Maville lobo interiore apice
hamato. Prothorax medio elevatus, lateribus dilatatus, apice fortiter
sinuatus. Elytra conyexa, rugosa, subquadrata, apice late rotundata.
Pedes modice elongati; tidie filiformes, inermes, ciliate ; tars? graciles,
articulis tribus basalibus zqualibus, subtus pilosis. Corpus amplum,
rugosum, marginibus ciliatum.

Allied to Rechodes, Er., but the prothorax and elytra ciliated at
their margins, not serrated, the tibiz also ciliated, and the maxillary
palpi scarcely securiform. The genus contains one of the finest
species among the Colydiide, and is perhaps even more like Asida
and Byrsax among the Heteromera than Rechodes. I owe my speci-
mens to the kindness of Robert Bakewell, Esq.

* =Jno, Lap. A name previously used by Leach for a genus of Moths, and
which has been recently revived. Mr. F. Smith, in his Catalogue of Cucujide of
the British Museum, long ago proposed to substitute “ Znopeplus.” [have recently
seen an Australian example of this genus: it was sent as a Stuphylinus.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 445

Enarsus Bakewellii, (P1. XTX. fig. 1.)
£. fuscus, squamosus, indumento terreno-griseo tectus.
Hab, New Zealand.

Dark brown, closely covered with a greyish or brownish-grey secre-
tion, and with short, erect, more or less scattered scales; head deeply
immersed in the prothorax, forming a nearly continuous line with the
dilated margins of the latter; prothorax with a double gibbosity above
the head, the dilated margins with two deep pits on each side; scu-
tellum round; elytra slightly margined, deeply foveate, the suture
raised in the middle, posteriorly abruptly declining to the apex, the
declivity with three large callosities on each side; body beneath and
legs with a dull rusty-brown tomentum. Length 4 lines.

Ennometes [ Rhipiceridee ].

Caput antice brevissimum, labio minuto. Oculi magni, prominentes. Palpi
acuti. Antenne 11-articulate ; scapo modice elongato, curvato, art.
20 obconico, reliquis paulo elongatis, flabellatis. Prothorax triangularis,
apice truncatus, angulis posticis depressus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra pro-
thorace haud latiora, angustata, subparallela. vie sublineares ; tars¢
filiformes, lamellis nullis, articulo ultimo czeteris simul sumptis breviore;
onychium distinctum. Coxe antice et intermedi approximate, valde
elongate. Abdomen segmentis quinque, basali brevissimo. Corpus
angustum, fere parallelum.

The longer joints of the antenne of this genus, contrasted with the
very short joints in the allied form Callirhipis, although apparently
not a very decided character, give to those organs such a very dif-
ferent appearance as to necessitate their separation ; but in addition
to this the tarsi are long, filiform, and with the last joint much
shorter than all the preceding together. Arraphus, Kraatz, differs
most essentially from Callirhipis and this genus in the three inter-
mediate joints of the tarsi being bilobed, and very distinctly lamel-
lated beneath. I find, in all the specimens of Callirhipis I have
examined, only five abdominal segments—not six, as stated.

Ennometes Lacordairer. (Pl. XIX. fig. 2.)
E. ferrugineus ; elytris dense seriatim punctatis, interstitiis paulo elevatis.
Hab. Queensland. -

Ferruginous, slightly shining, very sparsely pubescent; antenne
cinnamon-brown ; head and prothorax closely punctured, the latter
with a slight horseshoe depression at the base ; scutellum small, etrcu-
lar; elytra closely seriate-punctate, the intervals slightly raised ; body
beneath yellowish brown, rather glossy ; legs clothed with stiffish hairs,
mixed on the tibize with short spinous tubercles. Length 5 lines.

Kee,

446 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Psacus [ Rhipiceridee ].

Caput verticale, retractum, antice triangulare. Oculi prominuli, rotundati.
Antenne 11-articulatee ; scapo subgloboso ; art. 2 brevi; 3 trigono, am-
pliato; sequentibus flabellatis; tuberibus antenniferis nullis. Paln
macxilares robusti, art. ult. ovali. Mavzille bilobe, lobis ciliatis. Pro-
thorax marginatus, transversus, basi bisinuatus. Elytra oblonga. Pedes
breves; femorarobusta; tibie lineares ; tarsi filiformes, ciliate, lamellis
nullis, articulo ultimo sine onychio. Cove antice transverse, haud
exserte, approximate, intermediz retracts. Acetabula antica magna.
Prosternum angustum. -Abdomen segmentis quinque, primo brevissimo.

A second specimen in my collection, which I have very little doubt
is the female, differs from the above in its larger size, and the antenne
considerably less flabellate, the third joint slender and cylindrical,
the fourth and fifth shorter and trigonate, the latter transversely, so
as to make a beginning to the flabellate structure of the remainder.
The male individual described above has been, unfortunately, so
thickly gummed on the card, that I have had great difficulty in
making out the underparts, and have been unable to obtain the lower
lip and its palpi. It will be seen, from the description, that this genus
fails in two characters hitherto considered essential to the family,
viz. the absence of an onychium to the last tarsal joint, and the non-
exserted anterior and intermediate coxee. Nevertheless the antenne
are so entirely conformable that I think there can be little hesitation
as to its being a real, although an aberrant, member of the group.
The male has a strong resemblance to Attagenus pellio; the female
I had put aside as a Dermestes. If either exists in collections, it
will probably be found stowed away among the Dermestide.

Psacus attagenoides. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 4.)

P. oblongus, niger, villosus, indistincte fulvo marmoratus vel maculatus.
Hab. South Australia (Gawler).

Oblong, black, sparsely covered with short erect hairs, and obscurely
mottled or spotted with fulvous red; antennz and legs ferruginous,
except the black basal joint of the former; scutellum triangular; elytra
obsoletely striated. Length 2 lines (@ 3 lines).

Cyecosa ['Telmatophilidee }. é

Caput verticale, antice subtriangulare. Ocwdi prominuli, rotundati. An-
tenne ante oculos insert, ]1l-articulate, art. 1 subgloboso, 2 breviore,
3 longiore, 4-8 subturbinatis, ceteris clavam magnam oblongam effici-
entibus, ultimo maximo. Palpi mazillares art. ultimo amplissimo,
valde transverso. Mazille lobis duobus subzequalibus, ciliatis. Labiwm
minutum. Mentwn triangulare, apice late truncatum. Palpi labiales

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 447

incrassati, art. duobus basalibus transversis, ultimo obconico. Pro-
thorax transversus, lateraliter marginatus, apice paulo productus, basi
ad elytra arcte applicatus, subbisinuatus. Elytra brevia, parallela,
prothorace paulo latiora. Pedes breves; femora crassa; tibie modice
elongate, subtrigone ; tas? subpentameri, eequales, articulis tribus
basalibus crassis, transversis, quarto minuto, quinto ceteris simul
sumptis longiore, unguiculis simplicibus. Core antics ovate, haud
approximate, intermedi globose, distantes. Prosternum quadratum.
Mesosternum declive, postice bilobatum. Epimera metathoracica pa-
rallela, postice truncata. Abdomen segmentis quinque subzequalibus.
Corpus fere parallelum.

The subpentamerous tarsi, in the absence of any other striking
character, appear to me to indicate the place of this genus to be
among the Telmatophilide, the genera of which are not, however,
very obviously connected, except by the above character.

Cnecosa fulvida, (Pl. XVIII. fig. 2.

C. oblonga, clare fulva, leviter pubescens; oculis nigris.
Hab. New South Wales.

Oblong, clear fulvous-yellow, with a short, sparse, stiffish pubescence ;
head and prothorax finely punctured, the latter with an impressed line
close to its base ; scutellum transverse, slightly contracted at the base ;
elytra moderately seriate-punctate, with two rows of minute punctures
between them; body beneath golden yellow, finely punctured. Length
2 lines.

Anrrisis [Scarabeeidee }.

Caput transversum, verticale, clypeo inflecto. Oculi rotundati, sub angulis
anticis prothoracis occulti. Antenne 9-articulate ; scapo elongato,
curvato ; art. 2 cylindrico, crasso ; 3 obconico ; 4, 5, 6 transversis ; 7, 8, 9
lamellatis. Mentum antice rotundatum, in medio emarginatum. Labium
membranaceum, ciliatum, minutum. Palpi labiales cylindrici, breves.
Mazille \obo externo triangulari, interno membranaceo. Palpit maxil-
lares elongati, art. ult. elongato securiformi. Prothorax transverso-
quadratus, longitudinaliter carinatus. Elytra prothorace haud latiora,
carinata, oblonga; pygidio obtecto. Pedes mediocres; femora antica et
intermedia grossa, postica fusiformia ; tzbie tenuatee, apice paulo dila-
tate, haud serratze; farsi lineares, postici longiores. Core postice
distantes. Abdomen segmentis 6, penultimo majore.

Apparently very closely allied in habit and characters to Ryparus,
Westw., but differing from that and all the other genera of Apho-
diinee in the widely separated posterior coxe. My example was
kindly presented to me by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. ; another is in
Mr. Wallace’s Collection.

448 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Antrisis Saunders. (PI. XVIII. fig. 5.)
A, griseo-fuliginea, punctata ; antennis palpisque ferrugineis.
Hab. Sarawak.

Entirely greyish fuliginous; palpi and antenne rusty ; head with an
impressed circular line in front, surrounded with eight tubercles; pro-
thorax with eight strongly marked carine, the broad intervals irregu-
larly punctured, the second carina on each side, counting from the two
middle, with a deep linear oblique excavation anteriorly ; scutellum
punctiform ; elytra with ten carine alternating with those on the pro-
thorax, the intervals with two rows of punctures on each, the three
intermediate carinze on each elytron interrupted near the apex by a
deep curved excavation, in which is placed a smooth, yellowish tuber-
cle ; body beneath and femora rather roughly punctured. Length 23
lines.

Intysr [ Telephoride }.

Capit antice triangulare. Oculi prominentes, ad angulos laterales positi.
Palpi macxillares robusti, subcylindrici; palpi labiales minuti, subfusi-
formes. Labiwm trapezoidale. Mentwn quadratum. Antenne ad an-
gulum inferum inserts, 10-articulatee ; scapo elongato-clavato; art.
secundo maximo; ceteris sat brevibus, cylindricis vel apicem versus
subobconicis. Prothorax capite angustior, apice paulo rotundatus,
postice constrictus, basi truncatus. Elytra obovata, convexa, basi pro-
thorace latiora. Pedes graciles ; tars? filiformes, 5-articulati, art. ult.
trigono.

In habit this genus resembles the females of Charopus; but the

antenne and characters generally are those of Collops. The eyes
are almost semipedunculate, as in the cognate form Cephalogonius.

Intybia guttata. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 6.)
I. nigra, genis flavis; elytris dilutioribus, singulis guttis tribus albis
ornatis.
Hab. Batchian.

Black ; head finely granulated, cheeks yellow; antennz black, the
undersides of the four or five basal joints yellowish ; prothorax finely
eranulated, a deep, transverse, irregular depression near the base ; scu-
tellum transversely triangular; elytra paler or smoky black, finely
pubescent, each with three distinct white spots, one near the base, and
two towards the apex, the innermost approaching the suture; body
beneath black, sides of the abdomen yellow. Length 13 line.

As the greater part of the following belong to the Tenebrionide,
the subfamilies (corresponding invariably to the “tribes” of M.
Lacordaire) are given after their genera.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 449

Adesmia* eburnea.

A, aterrima ; elytris late ovatis, albis, tricostatis, costis remote dentatis.
Hab, N’Gami.

Jet-black, shining, the elytra ivory-white; clypeus slightly emargi-
nate; head finely punctured; prothorax impunctate, very transverse,
the anterior angles not produced; elytra broadly ovate, very little
longer than broad, dead ivory-white, obsoletely impressed, each with
three very distinct but slightly elevated costee, the two inner crowned
with sharp, slender, distantly set teeth, the outer with a double row of
more closely set and shorter teeth ; body beneath and legs black; the
abdomen and sterna finely corrugated. Length 43 lines.

A remarkable species, very distinct from the other white-winged
members of the genus (Lange, candidipennis, &c.) in the form of the
elytra and their toothed coste. It was taken by Mr. Anderson in
South Africa, somewhere north of Natal, and towards Lake N’Gami.

Dysarcuvus [ Asidine }.

Caput transversum, retractum ; clypeus fronte confusus, labrum et mandi-
bulas obtegens. Oculi transversi, angusti. Palpt mavillares fortiter
securiformes ; Jabiales minuti. Mentwm transverso-quadratum, angulis
anticis rotundatis. Antenne breves, 11-articulate ; art. 3 longiore ; 4-6
brevioribus, subquadratis ; 7 breviter obconico; 8-10 transversis et com-
pressis; 1] minore quam precedens, rotundato. Prothorax transversus,
ad latera rotundatus, apice semicirculariter emarginatus, basi truncatus,
angulis posticis paulo productis. Elytra ovato-rotundata, prothorace
latiora; epipleure basi late, postice sensim angustatee. Pedes validi;
tibie antic extus compress, infra emarginatze, bidentate ; postice et
intermedie trigonate, calcarate ; tas? infra biseriatim ciliati, inter-
medii et postici art. ultimo breviore quam primus. Sterna et abdomen
ut in Asida.

The clypeus being confounded with the front, nearly hiding the lip
and mandible, is a character at variance with the rest of the sub-
family. The fore tibie are those of Anomalipus (placed by Solier in
this group); the tarsi, closely ciliated on each side beneath, appear
in consequence canaliculate. The granules with which the upper
parts are covered rise abruptly out of a greyish exudation, and are
very irregular in form and size.

Dysarchus Odewahnit.

D. obscure niger, granulis nitidis instructus.
Hab. South Australia (Gawler).
Dull greyish black, covered above with numerous glossy granules ;
colar) 3 ce! 7

* Fischer de Waldheim, Entomogr. de la Russie, i. 153; Lacordaire, Gen. v.
p: 20.

» 450 ’ Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

head nearly flat anteriorly; antennz ferruginous, scarcely half the
length of the prothorax; the latter with a strongly marked margin
at the sides, the granules giving it a serrated appearance at the edge;
scutellum triangular, deeply sunk beneath the base of the prothorax ;
elytra with four prominent granular lines, more or less interrupted,
on each, the lines towards the apex gradually disappearing, the
intervals with smaller granules; epipleuree roughly granulose; body
beneath black, the abdomen glossy; legs closely punctured, clothed
with a thin ferruginous pubescence; teeth on the fore tibize strongly
produced, especially the apical. Length 53 lines.

Emax [Scaurine |.

Caput subelongatum, collo incrassato. Oczli transversi, liberi. Palpi
subcylindrici. Mandibule bitidee. Mentum transversum, antice et
lateribus rotundatum. Antenne sublineares, art. secundo brevi, tertio
‘breviore quam quartus, ceeteris brevioribus et obconicis, ultimo minore
quam precedens. Prothorax subtransversus, apice et basi truncatus,
lateribus rotundatis et fortiter carinatis, angulis posticis acutis. Elytra
prothorace vix latiora, oblonga, lateribus leviter rotundatis. Pedes
mediocres; tibre subtrigonatee, bicalcaratee ; tars? postici art. primo
subelongato. Prosternum productum. Mesosternwm elongatum, de-
clive. Processus interfemoralis quadratus, apice late angulatus.

In the form of the head, the mentum entirely covering the max-
ille, leaving a little only of the lower lip visible, the small terminal
joint of the antennee, and the large intermediate acetabula, this genus
approaches some of the Scaurine, and particularly in habit Psamme-
tichus, Latr. I am not quite sure, however, that a better place may
not be found for it eventually.

Emeax sculpturatus. (Pl. XIX. fig. 7.)
E. niger, opacus; capite prothoraceque rugoso-punctatis, illo in medio
cristato ; elytris grosse tuberculato-lineatis,
Hab. New South Wales.

Black, opake; head coarsely and closely, the neck finely punc-
tured, between the eyes a prominent tuberculiform crest; prothorax
closely and roughly punctured, on the disk two large fovez, the lateral
carina crenate; scutellum depressed, triangular; elytra narrowed at the
base, the shoulders rounded, each with eight lines of large oblong
tubercles, in the interval lines of smaller tubercles; body beneath and
legs dull blackish brown, closely punctured. Length 7 lines.

Ossrports [Molurine }.
Caput exsertum, verticale, antice quadratum et excavatum. Oculi' parvi,
rotundati, producti, vel quasi pedicellati. Palpi maz. art. ult. obconico.
Labiun rotundatum. Antenne attenuate, squamosee, art. tertio elon-

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gato, 40 5oque subeequalibus, 6-9 sensim brevioribus, 10° transverso, 11°
globoso-ovato. Prothorax fere transversus, convexus, lateraliter angu-
latus, antice paulo productus, basi sinuatus, disco equatus. Elytra
ovata, basi prothorace haud latiora, supra subplanata ; epipleure sub-
angustate. Pedes graciles; tébie teretes; tarsi post. art. basali quam
ultimus longiore. Prosternum postice curvatum. Mesosternum declive.

The head of this curious insect has a marked resemblance to that
of the hippopotamus. The eye is surmounted by a projecting orbit,
which causes it to protrude in such a way as to give it the appearance
of being almost pedicellate. Below the eyes the face is concave,
and is particularly deeply excavated between the antennary orbits.
The genus is related to Phligra.

Ossiporis terrena.

O, supra indumento terreno tecta, infra pedibusque squamulis albidis
densissime vestita; antennis squamosis, articulis duobus terminalibus
nigris.

Hab. Natal.

Covered above with an earthy crust, composed of flattish scales and
short projecting points; legs and body beneath entirely covered with a
uniform layer of flat whitish scales ; lower part of the head and lip, and
antenn. clothed with loose whitish scales, the two last joints of the
antennee black. Length 53 lines,

OnostEeRRuUS [ Pedinine ].
Affinis Pedino, sed oculi non divisi. Mentwm subcordiforme. Prothoraz
margine laterali limbo replicato. Zvbie sensim latiores, haud trigonatz.

Tarsi postici art. basali ceeteris simul sumptis fere aequali. Corpus valde
. conyexum.,

The fold bordering the upper part of the edge of the prothorax is
also characteristic of Trigonopus; but the fore tibie of that genus
are even more triangular than those of Pedinus, and it also differs in
most of the above characters. In its general appearance the species
described below resembles Heliopathes Lusitanicus, but is larger and
much more convex.

Onosterrhus levis.
O, niger, subnitidus; capite subtiliter punctato; prothorace elytrisque
impunctatis.
Hab. Western Australia.

Black, slightly nitid; head finely punctured, concave anteriorly ;
prothorax impunctate, much broader than the head, well-rounded at the
sides, but a little incurved at the base, the posterior angle slightly pro-
duced, the lateral margins with a conspicuous uniform fold bordering

452 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

its edge, and creating a strongly marked groove on its inner side;
scutellum short and very transverse; elytra impunctate, shortly ovate,
broader than the prothorax, to which they are closely applied, the
shoulders rounded ; epipleurze broad at the base, gradually narrowing to
the apex; body beneath and legs smooth and somewhat glossy ; an-
tennz as long as the prothorax, the 8th, 9th and 10th joints transverse,
llth rounded. Length 6 lines.

Tprsra [ Opatrine? |.

Caput porrectum, subelongatum, ad oculos retractum. Labiwm valde
transversum. Ocvdi rotundati, prothoraci approximati. Palpi mawil-
lares eylindrici. Antenne robustze, ciliate, clavate, 11l-articulate,
scapo crasso, art. 8°longiore, ceteris brevibus, clava triarticulata, art.
ult. minore. Prothorax transversus, lateribus rotundatus, ciliato-mar-
ginatus, apice truncatus, basi bisinuatus. Seutellwm invisum. Elytra
ovata, costata ; epipleuree postice angustiores. Pedes mediocres ; femora
incrassata, trochanteribus intermediis nullis; tbe antic trigonatie,
ceeteris linearibus calcaratis; tarsi lineares, antici breves, art. basali bre-
vissimo, intermedii et posteriores elongati. Core antice globose, di-
stantes. Episterna metathoracica linearia, epimeris propriis obsoletis.
Prosternum elevatum, latum. Mesosternum declive. Metasternum breve.
Processus interfemoralis mediocris, antice rotundatus. Corpus gracile,
squamulosum.

Having only a single specimen of this insect, for which, and an
extensive collection of Coleoptera made on the coast of Chinese
Tartary, I am indebted to Arthur Adams, Esq., R.N., I have not
attempted to extract its oral organs; but, judging solely from the
characters that remain, I do not see that it can well be referred to
any of the numerous groups described by M. Lacordaire. The habit
in some respects suggests Stenosine ; but the clavate antenne, ciliated
tarsi, spurred tibize, and retracted head are at variance with that sub-
family. In its scaly clothing it is similar in character to Lewhenum
pulchellum, but more delicate ; and this, in conjunction with its tarsi
and trigonate anterior tibie, induces me to refer it, although doubt-
fully, to Opatrine.

Idisia ornata. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 8.)

I. nigra, squamulis albis tecta; elytris basi ochraceis, in medio fascia
grisea irregulari ornata.
Hab. Mantchuria.

Black, entirely covered by small white scales; lip glabrous, brown;
eyes with subspinous facets, placed at a little distance behind the an-
tennary orbits; antennee not larger than the prothorax, reddish brown,
but with scattered white scale-like hairs; prothorax with a central
impressed line; elytra with five elevated lines on each, the first,

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second, and fifth or external, only, extending to the base, where they
form strongly marked projections, and have an ochreous colour, the
middle of the elytra with a darkish irregular band ; body beneath black,
with scattered setaceous white hairs; legs pale brown, with white scale-
like hairs. Length 2} lines.

Nyctobates* Orcus.

N. niger, nitidus; prothorace levigato, lateribus vix rotundatis, postice
angulatim constrictis; elytris punctato-striatis ; prosterno lato, tricari-
nato; tarsis validis.

Hab. Western Australia.

Black, shining; head and prothorax impunctate, the latter nearly as
broad as the elytra, trapezoidal, the sides anteriorly slightly rounded,
then nearly parallel to near the base, where it contracts at an angle ;
scutellum triangular, below the level of the basal ridge of the elytra ;
elytra ovate, scarcely broader than the prothorax at the base, punc-
tate-striate, the punctures large, the striz shallow; body beneath
glossy black; prosternum broad, marked with three strong rounded
ridges, the lateral not united behind; legs glossy brownish black, tarsi
stout, closely covered with bright-yellowish-ferruginous hairs. Length
12 lines.

Differs from NV. crenatus, Boisd., in the form of the prothorax,
the punctate-striate elytra, stouter tarsi, and the prosternum strongly
tricarinated throughout.

Nyctobates feronioides.

N. niger, nitidus; prothorace subtilissime punctulato, lateribus rotun-
datis, postice incurvato-constrictis ; elytris punctato-striatis; prosterno
angustato, leviter marginato; tarsis validis, brunneo-castaneis.

Hab. New South Wales.

Black, shining ; head and prothorax very minutely punctured, the
latter narrower than the elytra, fully rounded at the sides, contracted
and a little incurved posteriorly ; scutellum triangular, continuous with
the basal ridge of the elytra; elytra oblong, broader at the base than
the prothorax, the shoulders a little recurved, punctate-striate, the
punctures rather small, but the striz deep ; body beneath glossy black ;
prosternum narrowed, pointed behind, slightly margined ; legs brownish
black, glossy ; tarsi stout, brownish chestnut. Length 7 lines.

Besides the smaller size, this species differs from JV. crenatus, inter
alia, in the deeper striz, more strongly, and not crenately, punctured
elytra, and stouter tarsi.

* Guérin-Méneville, Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 33; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 371.

This genus and the three following should have beeu placed after the Bolito-
phagine.

454 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Toxicum*™ punctipenne.
I. nigrum, opacum ; cornibus capitis elongatis ; prothoracis apice lobato;
elytris fortiter lineato-punctatis ; antennarum clava triarticulata.
Hab. Australia.

Black, opake ; head deeply excavated between the four horns, and
coarsely and remotely punctured, the posterior horns with a fulvous tuft
on the apex ; eyes undivided ; labrum black ; antennze with the last three
joints only forming the club; prothorax moderately transverse, finely
punctured, anterior angles scarcely produced, broadly lobed at the apex;
scutellum triangular; elytra broader than the prothorax, coarsely punc-
tured in lines; body beneath and legs black, shining. Length 23 lines.

Near 7. quadricorne, Fab., but with the club of the antennee with
three joints only, a narrower prothorax, and coarsely punctured
elytra.

Toxrcum brevicorne.
ZT. nigrum, opacum ; cornibus capitis brevibus; prothoracis apice haud
lobato ; antennarum clava triarticulata.
Hab. Victoria.

Black, opake; head slightly excavated in front, moderately but more
closely punctured; posterior horns short, triangular, with the small tuft
of fulvous hairs confined to the anterior part of the apex; lip testa-
ceous-brown; club of the antennz four-jointed; prothorax slightly
transverse, not lobed at the apex, finely punctured ; scutellum triangu-
lar; elytra lineate-punctate, the punctures of moderate size; body
beneath and legs chestnut-brown, shining. Length 4 lines.

A very distinct species, but agreeing with the above in having the
eyes undivided: this character and the number of joints (three or
four) composing the club seem in this genus to be of secondary
value only. I have seen no female either of this or the preceding.

Ulomay depressa.

U. depressa, pallide rufo-ferruginea; elytris striato-punctatis, punctis
distinctis sed parvis ; tibiis anticis extus quadridentatis.
Hab. Queensland.

Rather broad, depressed, pale reddish or orange-ferruginous, but
sometimes much darker; head finely punctured, a slight curved im-
pression in front ; prothorax smooth, glossy, minutely punctured; scu-
tellum small, scutiform ; elytra striato-punctate, the junctures distinct
but rather small ; body beneath and legs brownish orange, shining; fore
tibize with four stout serratures externally towards the apex, the inter-
mediate with five or six small serratures, the posterior smooth on both
sides. Length 6 lines.

* Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. ii. p. 167; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 341.
+ Laporte de Castelnau, Hist. Nat.des Ins.ii.p.219; Lacordaire, Gen.y. p. 332,

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This species is broader and much more depressed than Uloma
culinaris, Linn., and the fore tibiz are rather serrated than toothed ;
the punctures on the elytra are also very much deeper and more
distinct.

Decuivs [Tenebrionine ].
Tenebrioni affinis, sed differt preecipue labro obtecto. Mazille lobo interno
mutico. Antenne articulis 8-10 transversis. Prothorax fortiter margi-
natus, marginibus antice productis.

The characters of Tenebrio, like those of perhaps the majority of
the genera of Coleoptera, were only exposed in a really definite way
in the ‘Genera’ of M. Lacordaire. Compared with his description,
the above formula differentiates the two genera. The habit, more-
over, is somewhat different, being more convex and cylindrical, and
sufficiently suggestive of the Aphodius-form to justify the specific
name proposed.

Dechius aphodioides.
D. fusco-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; capite prothoraceque fusco-nigris ; ely-
tris fortiter striato-punctatis.
Hab, Queensland.

Brownish ferruginous, subnitid; head and prothorax brownish black,
the edges of the clypeus reddish ferruginous, finely punctured, the pro-
thorax grooved along the base, the raised margin bordering the groove
depressed in the middle, where it is joined by the nearly obsolete
median line; scutellum pentagonal; elytra a little broader than the
prothorax at the base, strongly striato-punctate, the margins well
marked, especially at the shoulders; body beneath dark brown, shining,
the breast rufescent; legs reddish ferruginous; antenne extending to
about the middle of the prothorax, reddish brown. Length 43 lines.

Scymena [Trachysceline ].

Characteres ut in Phaleria, sed clypeus profunde quadrato-excisus. An-
tenne capite breviores. Processus interfemoralis apice acutus.

I have examined only the oral organs in situ; but they appear to
be pretty nearly of the same character as those of Phaleria. The
type described below resembles P. Gayi, Lap. Of my two ex-
amples one is reddish testaceous, the other black.

Scymena variabilis.
S. rufo-testacea vel nigra, nitida; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, inter-
stitiis striarum subtiliter punctulatis.
Hab. Australia.
Shortly ovate, reddish testaceous or black, shining; head finely
punctured; clypeus separated from the front by a well-marked semi-

456 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

lunar line; antennee shorter than the breadth of the head, imperfoliate ;
prothorax finely punctured, the apex rather strongly emarginate ; scu-
tellum broadly triangular; elytra punctate-striate, the striz sharply
defined, the intervals minutely punctured; body beneath and legs dull
testaceous or black; tibize and tarsi roughly ciliated. Length 23-3
lines.

Ecrirsis ['Trachysceline }.

Characteres ut in Ammobio, sed palpi mavillares securiformes ; antenne
longiores. ars? articulo ultimo elongato,

The securiform palpi are an exception to the rest of the Trachy-
sceline, except Sphargeris; the unusual length of the last tarsal joint
will, however, distinguish this genus from all the others of the sub-
family.

Ecripsis pubescens.
E. vufo-testacea, disperse griseo-pubescens.
Hab. Tasmania.
Shortly ovate, reddish testaceous, with a pubescence composed of
short scattered hairs; head covered with small crowded granules ;
clypeus separated from the front by a well-marked semicircular line ;
antennze as long as the breadth of the head ; prothorax minutely and
closely granulose ; scutellum very broadly triangular; elytra nearly
impunctate, the sides with the pubescence more setose and elongate ;
body beneath and legs reddish testaceous, sparingly pubescent; tibize

granulose, the anterior with the outer apical portion triangular, with a

comparatively slight emargination above. Length 1# line.

Isaripa [Trachysceline ].

Oculi detecti. Prothorax basi lobatus. Tibie intermediz et posticze
lineares, ciliatze ; ¢arsis propriis elongatis. Prosternum declive, haud
lanciforme, mesosterno distinctum. Cveteris ut in Ammobio, sed corpus
minus convexum.

From Anemia this genus, like Ammobius, will be distinguished,
inter alia, by its retractile anterior tarsi: the principal characters
separating it from the latter le in the four posterior tibie and tarsi,
and the prosternum.

Isarida testacea.
I, fulvo-testacea, glabra, subnitida ; elytris subtiliter granulato-punctatis.
Hab, India (Dacca).

Fulvous-testaceous, glabrous, subnitid; head finely punctured;
clypeus nearly confounded with the front, angularly emarginate ;
length of the antennze scarcely half the width of the head; prothorax
finely punctured, very transverse, lobed at the base ; scutellum broadly
triangular; elytra finely granulato-punctate, bordered, as well as the
prothorax, with long bristly hairs at regular intervals; body beneath

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and legs fulvous, rather regularly punctured; anterior tibie strongly
trigonate, the emargination above the external apical angle very deep
and rounded, the other tibize coarsely ciliated. Length 7 line,

Hyoets [ Trachysceline ].

Caput insertum, antice modice elongatum, clypeus haud distinctus. Ocul
prominuli, rotundati. Zabrum transversum, apice integrum. Palpi
maxillares art. ult. cultriformi. Antenne prothorace breviores, subper-
foliate ; art. primo longiore; tertio haud elongato; 2-8 breviter ob-
conicis, majoribus, transversis; ultimo orbiculari. Prothorax elytris
haud contiguus, transversus, apice late emarginatus, lateribus rotun-
datus, postice angustior, pone angulum posticum constrictus, basi trun-
catus, Elytra ovata, convexa, Pedes mediocres; tibie antics trian-
gulares, omnes extus spinosulee ; tars? lineares, postici art. basali modice
elongato. Prosternum haud productum, Mesosternum declive. Processus
interfemoralis latus, antice rotundatus.

The type of this genus is a little insect having somewhat the
general appearance of a Cryptophagus, and which appears to me to
come between Ammobius and Phaleria. I have not, however, ven-
tured to examine the oral organs of my solitary specimen, for which
I am indebted to Mr. Bakewell; but apparently they are not very
different from those of Phaleria.

Hyocis Bakewelli.

H, fusco-ferruginea ; elytris fortiter striato-punctatis.
Hab. Victoria.

Dark ferruginous ; head and prothorax closely punctured, the punc-
tures rather large and shallow, the raised intervals having a reticulate
appearance ; antennz reddish testaceous, enlarging in thickness from
the fifth to the tenth joint; prothorax with an impressed median line,
its anterior angles rounded, its posterior acute; scutellum small, trian-
gular; elytra scarcely broader than the prothorax, coarsely striate-
punctate or almost clathrate; sterna covered with close shallow punc-
tures ; on the abdomen they are scattered and nearly obsolete, each with
a small silvery hair; lees reddish testaceous. Length 12 line,

Ozotats [ Bolitophaginee ].

Characteres capitis, oculorum &e. ut in Ilyxero. Palpi labiales art. ult.
ovato, obtuso. Labewm latum, haud emarginatum. Antenne 10-
articulate, clavate ; scapo elongato, modice incrassato ; art. 2-8 sub-
cylindricis, robustis; duobus ultimis clavam validam formantibus (9 semi-
circulari, 10 rotundato). Prothorax gibbosus, angulis anticis productis,
marginibus crenatis. Llytra subcylindrica, prothorace paulo latiora.
Pedes ut in Ilyxero. Prosternum productum, in cavitate A formante
mesosterni receptum. Corpus oblongum, tuberculatum.

458 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

The antenne of this genus are also clavate; but then they are
ten-jointed, as in Bolitotherus. The specimen described below is one
of Mr. Bates’s discoveries on the Amazons.

Ozolais scruposa. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 1.)
O. fusca, pube grisea induta.
Hab. Ega.

Dark brown, with a loose greyish pile; head with two rows of tuber-
cles in front; prothorax very convex or gibbous above, with nine or ten
crenatures on each side, the penultimate by far the largest and directed
backwards, the base rather strongly emarginate for the reception of part
of the scutellum; elytra seriate-punctate, with several large tubercles
mixed with others smaller and more spinous; body beneath dark brown,
closely punctured ; legs and antennze reddish brown, with scattered grey
hairs. Length 2 lines.

Inyxervs [ Bolitophaginee }.

Caput ante oculos dilatatum; clypeus distinctus. Oculi magni, semi-
divisi. Palpi mazillares robusti, apice oblique truncati, Palpi labiales
art. ult. ovali, acuto. Zabiwm parum emarginatum. Mentwm trans-
versum, antice sinuatum, postice constrictum. Antenne 11-articulate,
clavate ; scapo elongato, crasso; art. 2 brevi; 3 obconico ; 4-8 breviter
trigonatis; tribus ultimis clavam validam compressam formantibus (9
valde transverso, 10 et 11 arcte applicatis, rotundatis). Prothoraz postice
constrictus, angulis anticis productis; marginibus crenatis, haud foliaceis.
Elytra elongata, parallela, prothorace haud latiora. Pedes mediocres ;
tibie subcylindrice, inermes; tars? lineares, art. ult. ceteris simul sumptis
vix breviore. Prosternum productum. Mesosternum subvyerticale.

Metasternum modice elongatum. Corpus parallelum, angustatum,
tuberculatum.

The narrow parallel form of this genus would at once distinguish
it from any other in its subfamily ; and no other has yet been pub-
lished with clavate antenne. I owe my specimen to Mr. Bakewell’s
liberality.

Tlyxerus asper. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 3.)
I, griseo-fuscus, supra tuberculatus et punctatus.
Hab. New South Wales.

Brown, with a sparse greyish-ochreous pubescence; head with a
large tubercle over each eye, and three smaller ones between them;
prothorax with about eight crenatures on each side, the disk roughly
tuberculate. Scutellum semicircular; elytra with six rows of tubercles
on each, between each row two lines of well-marked punctures; body
beneath dark brown, the legs and antenne reddish brown, all clothed
with scattered greyish setulose hairs. Length 23 lines.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 459
Byrsax* Macleayt.

B. oblongus, fuscus; capite maris cornibus elevatis, apicem versus in-
curvatis et decussatis; prothorace tuberculato, disco 4-tuberculato ;
elytris subdisperse punctatis, tuberculis magnis subseriatim positis.

Hab. Australia.

Oblong, dark brown, opake ; head of the male armed with two long
stout vertical horns, incurved and crossing each other at the tips, the
tips themselves emarginate or reduced in thickness ; head of the female
with a simple tubercle between the eyes; prothorax finely punctured,
very tuberculate, four principal tubercles on the disk towards the base
arranged in pairs (::), in the female two others at the extreme apex,
much produced, slightly recurved and transversely compressed ; elytra
somewhat coarsely punctured (the punctures rather depressed), tuber-
culate, four principal tubercles oblong and very large, on each side of the
suture; between these and the margin on each side three slightly irre-
gular rows of smaller and rounder tubercles ; body beneath and legs
reddish brown ; mesosternum with a very compressed vertical process ;

. club of the antennze 7-jointed. Length 5 lines.

The genus Byrsaw was proposed by me in the first number of this
Journal (April, 1860), and differs from M. Motschoulsky’s Boli-
towenus (¢ Etudes, &e.,’ 1858, p. 63), in that the elytra have a produced
margin, which is always coarsely serrate, and the prosternum is keeled
anteriorly. Byrsax was there, in consequence of its tarsi appearing
to me to be tetramerous, referred to the Colydiide ; at the same time
I pointed out its resemblance to Diaperis horrida, Ol. (a true Byrsax),
but stated that, “‘ guided by its tetramerous tarsi,” its real affinity
would be with Endophleus, Pristoderus, and some other genera. I
am now satisfied that it is truly heteromerous, the basal joint, indeed,
being completely hidden in the cotyloid cavity of the tibia. I am not
so satisfied, however, that the resemblance between it and the above
Colydiide genera is only one of analogy. Bolitophagus gibbifer, Wes-
mael, is possibly identical with Byrsax ceenosus. There are, how-
ever, several other undescribed species.

Byrsax egenus.

B. oblongus, indumento terrulento fulvescente tectus; prothorace gibboso,
disco 8-calloso, callis tuberculatis; elytris subseriatim callosis.
Hab, Australia.

Oblong, covered with a fulvescent tomenticious substance ; head with
four tubercles between the eyes, and two on the clypeus; prothorax
very gibbous, the disk with four large callosities anteriorly, each ap-
parently made up of three or four conical tubercles, and four smaller

* Pascoe, Journ. of Entom. i. p. 42.
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460 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

ones behind, all arranged in pairs, the sides rugosely tuberculate; elytra
with comparatively few tubercles, placed in three irregular rows, the
principal tubercle at the shoulder; body beneath brown; legs and
antenne reddish chestnut; mesosternum produced anteriorly. Length
2 lines.

My specimen appears to be a female, but in colour, size, &c. it dif-
fers considerably from the above. I received these two species from
Mr. MacLeay, but without any special locality. They are I think,
most interesting additions to the fauna of that island continent.

Ceropria* peregrina.

C. nigra, nitida; prothorace subtilissime punctato, basi utrinque fortiter
impresso ; elytris striato-punctatis, punctis confertis; tarsis ferru-
gineis.

Hab. Queensland.

Black, shining; head finely punctured, clypeus extending to the eyes,
truncate in front: antennze with the joints from 4-10 equal, equilat-
erally triangular, 11 orbicular; prothorax minutely punctured, a large
fovea on each side at the base; elytra punctate-striate, the punctures
squarish and very close together, the spaces between the striz finely
punctured ; body beneath pitchy; legs glossy black, the tarsi filiform,
ferruginous. Length 43 lines,

Emyrsara ['Trachyscelinee ].

Caput subretractum; clypeus rotundatus; Jabiwn transversum. Oculi
transversi, prothorace subobtecti. -Antenne mediocres, articulis apice
ciliatis, secapo oblongo, art. 2 brevi, 3 obconico et longiore, 4, 5, 6 bre-
viter obconicis, 7, 8, 9, 10 transversis, ultimo rotundato. Pulpit maxillares
robusti, art. ult. ovato, preecedente haud latiore. Maaille lobo interno
angusto, hamato. Palpi labiales parvi, remoti, labii basi externe inserti.
Labium transversum, antice late emarginatum, postice contractum.
Mentum transverse quadratum. Prothorax transversus, antice angus-
tior, basi truncatus, lateraliter marginatus. Z/ytra prothorace latiora,
brevia, epipleurz angustate. Tvbre trigonate, calcaratse. Tarsi antici
et intermedii art. 2° et 3° dilatatis, postici filiformes. Prosternum
postice productum, processu in fovea excisa mesosterni recepto, Corpus
eloboso-ovatum, marginibus ciliatum.

Nearly all the characters of this genus are, in the main, similar
to those of Phaleria, except the ciliated margin of the body and the
dilated anterior and intermediate tarsi—in the former approaching
Trachysceline and Anemia, belonging to the same subfamily, and in
the latter the Pedinine. The elytra are finely striated: nine strice
may be counted on each ; they are therefore rather widely apart. I

* Laporte de Castelnau et Brullé, Ann. des Se. Nat. xxiii. p. 306; Lacordaire,
Gen. v. p. 307.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 461

have not been able to ascertain if these insects are winged. In
Phaleria cadaverina there are only the rudiments of wings. The two
species were kindly presented to me by Arthur Adams, Esq.

Emypsara Adamsu. (Pl. XIX. fig. 3.)
FE. nigra; elytris, sutura nigra excepta, testaceis, fasciis flexuosis duabus
rufis ornatis.
Hab. Mantchuria (Vladimir Bay).

Black, the upper surface minutely and closely granulated; antennz
shorter than the length of the prothorax, pale at the base; scutellum
broadly triangular; elytra testaceous, except the black suture and two
broad waved reddish bands; body beneath and legs dark chestnut-
brown. Length 3 lines,

Fig. 2a represents the fore tarsus, and fig. 26 the antennee.

Emypsara flexuosa.
£. testacea; capite supra nigro; elytris lineis flexuosis nigro notatis.
Hab. Mantchuria (Oo-00 Bay).

Testaceous, the upper surface minutely and closely granulated ; head
black above ; antennze darker at the tips, longer than the length of the
prothorax; scutellum triangular ; elytra with two series of irregular
patches, forming two imperfect bands, more brownish testaceous than
the rest, and bordered more or less with dark-brown or black wavy
lines; body beneath and legs yellowish testaceous, the spurs of the
tibize and claws black. Length 23 lines.

Pteroheleus* pruinosus.
P. breviter ovatus, fuscus, pulvere albido tectus; elytris striato-punctatis,
singulatim costis tribus vix elevatis instructis.
Hab. North Australia.

Allied to P. piceus, Kirby, but broader, and the sides more parallle,
covered with a fine uniform whitish exudation, and, under the lens, a
scattered greyish squamosity ; elytra striate-punctate, with only three
very slightly raised lines on each; body beneath reddish chestnut ;
antennze and legs ferruginous. Length 9 lines.

Pteroheleus agonus.
_ P. ovatus, fuscus, subnitidus; prothorace apice late emarginato ; elytris
tenuiter lineato-punctatis, lineis subremotis.
Hab. South Australia.
Ovate, blackish brown, slightly nitid; head very finely punctured ;
antenne and palpi ferruginmous; prothorax nearly impunctate, very
short, broadly emarginate at the apex, the posterior angles slightly

* De Bréme, Essai Monog. et Iconog. de la Tribu des Cossyphides, p. 27 ;
Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 346.

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462 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

produced ; scutellum subtriangular ; elytra lineate-punctate, the punc-

tures small, the lines rather widely apart ; body beneath and legs black,

shining; tarsi ferruginous. Length 5-6 lines.

At once distinguished from P. striato-punctatus, Bois., and P.
Kollari, de Bréme, by the broad semicircular emargination of the
apex of the prothorax. From the former, which it more nearly re-
sembles, it may also be known by the nearly impunctate prothorax,
and the elytra more decidedly lineate-punctate, not irregularly punc-
tured on the disk. Dr. Boisduval’s name is apt to mislead, as there
are no stri.

Pteroheleus servus.

P. oblongus, glaber, obscure fuscus ; prothorace apice anguste sed profunde
emarginato, in medio linea impressa ; elytris prothorace paulo angusti-
oribus, striato-punctatis, striis approximatis.

Hab. Victoria.

Narrower than P. stlphoides *, De Br., with the prothorax a little wider
than the elytra, its apex more deeply and squarely emarginate—not
semicircular—and the narrowly impressed line in the middle more
strongly marked ; elytra striato-punctate, the strie approximate ; body
beneath and legs glossy chestnut-brown ; sides of the abdominal seg-
ments wrinkled. Length 7 lines.

Pteroheleus memnonius.

P. oblongus, glaber, niger, subnitidus; capite angusto; oculis magnis,
subapproximatis ; prothoracis marginibus subtiliter corrugatis ; elytris
lineato-punctatis.

Hab. South Australia (Adelaide).

Oblong, glabrous, black, slightly nitid; head finely punctured, nar-
rowed ; the eyes large and subapproximate, the distance between them
in front being rather more than the length of their shortest diameter ;
prothorax finely punctured, its margins minutely waved ; elytra closely
lineate-punctate, the punctures well marked, the margins very narrow ;
body beneath and legs black, shining; tarsi and lip with ferruginous
hairs. Length 11 lines.

A large species resembling P. silphoides; but the narrow head,
large eyes, and fine waved lines on the margins of the prothorax will
differentiate it from all its congeners.

Pteroheleus bullatus.

P. angusto-oblongus, rufo-brunneus vel fuscus; prothorace subtiliter
punctato ; elytris submulticostatis, costis granulatis.
Hab, South Australia (Queensland).

* M. Lacordaire puts this species under Saragus; but it is winged, with the
usual correlation of a long metasternum,

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 463

Narrowly oblong, reddish brown or dark brown, slightly shining ;
head finely punctured; prothorax with very minute punctures, the
emargination at the apex very shallow; elytra rather finely lineate-
punctate, the alternate lines slightly elevated (about nine on each
elytron) and garnished with small glossy pustular or bubble-like gra-
nules placed at irregular intervals on those lines; body beneath dark
chestnut-brown, or paler; legs also varying from reddish to brown, and
shining. Length 8 lines.

Apparently allied to Cilibe granulosus, De Br., from New Zealand ?,
but essentially different in the very minute, almost obsolete punc-
tation of the prothorax. It varies in colour, but the margins of
the prothorax are paler than the disk.

Helceus* consularis.

H. obovatus, niger, nitidus, marginibus latis valde reflexis; prothorace in
medio dentato-carinato, dente posteriore magno spiniformi; scutello
carinato ; elytris impunctatis, marginibus exceptis, utroque costa cre-
nata et linea tuberculata externa instructo.

Hab. Western Australia.

Obovate, glabrous, black, shining; prothorax with a toothed carina
in the middle, the posterior tooth large, in the form of a compressed
triangular spine; scutellum transversely triangular, keeled in the
middle; elytra impunctate, the broad strongly reflexed margins faintly
punctured, their edges terminated by an erect, narrow border, the raised
suture having on each side at a short distance a sharp costa crenated on
both sides, and externally near the angle formed by the reflected margin
a line of small tubercles which do not, however, extend to the base;
body beneath glabrous, black, shining; legs rugose. Length 11 lines.

About the average shape and size of H. colossus, but with elytral
coste as in H. Peron. The following is very nearly allied.

Heleus moniliferus.

H. ovatus, glaber, brunneus, nitidus, marginibus latis, explanatis; scutello
semicirculari, haud carinato; elytris fere obsolete punctatis, ceteris ut
in precedente.

Hab. South Australia.

Broader and paler than the last, the margins scarcely reflexed; the
scutellum rounded posteriorly, or semicircular, without a keel; elytra
with the lateral cost less crenated, and the exterior line of tubercles
extending to the base, and the punctation, though minute, very evident
under the lens. Length 11 lines,

* Latreille, Régne An. ed. 1, i. p. 301; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 347.

464 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Helceus castor.

H. late ovatus, fusco-brunneus, vix nitidus, setuliferus, marginibus latis,
explanatis; prothorace angulis posticis productis, incurvis; elytris
sutura elevata, utroque costa valida usque ad partem tertiam percur-
rente.

Hab, South Australia.

Broadly ovate, brownish, scarcely shining, margins of the prothorax
and elytra broad, and only slightly reflexed, the edges with an erect,
narrow border; antennee nearly linear; prothorax with short, scattered
bristly hairs, the perforated portion with an elevated margin, disk with
a sharp longitudinal line, posterior angles faleate, overlapping the elytra;
scutellum broadly triangular; elytra irregularly punctured, and clothed
with numerous scattered minute bristles, costa on each side the suture
terminating at about a third from the apex ; body beneath dark brown ;
legs rugose. Leneth 9 lines.

A broad, stout species, the sides of the elytra within the margins
more vertical and elevated than in any other.

Helcus falcatus.

H, ovatus, niger; prothorace marginibus anticis in processum acute fal-
catum terminatis; elytris lividis, sparse setuliferis, in utroque costa
crenata usque ad tertiam partem percurrente,

Hab, Kangaroo Island.

Ditters from H. Peronit, Bois., in the following particulars :—antennze
narrower, much less dilated at the apex; prothorax obsoletely granu-
lous, its anterior processes gradually narrower to the point, or, in other
words, completely falcate, not of equal width until near the point, and
not hollowed out above ; elytra very glossy, as if varnished, their surface
very slightly punctured and with scattered curved bristly hairs, and
the lateral costa more decidedly crenate. Length 5-6 lines.

Symperes [ Heleeine ].

Characteres ut in Helco, sed caput liberum, anguli antici prothoracis
haud producti. Labrwm obtectum.

The form of the prothorax will not allow the species described
below being placed in Helwus; and the declivous mesosternum with-
out any notch for the reception of the prosternal process, independ-
ently of other characters, separate it from Saragus. It is quite an
Helcus in habit. I received my specimen from Mr. MacLeay; and it
is the only one I have seen. A second species has been described
by Mr. White, under the name of Encephalus tricostellus (App. to
Gray’s Voyage, p. 461).

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 465

Sympetes Macleay.

S. late ovatus, valde depressus, latissime marginatus, fuscus ; elytris con-
fertim punctulatis, singulis subtrilineatis.
Hab. Australia.

Broadly and almost elliptically ovate, and very much depressed, dark
brown, the margins paler, somewhat shining; clypeus broad, emargi-
nate at the apex, and hiding the lip; prothorax finely punctured, the
disk at the base scarcely more than a third of the width; scutellum
broadly triangular; elytra with rather small punctures, sharply raised
along the suture, each elytron with three indistinct lines, the margins
nearly flat; body beneath and legs dull reddish brown, the margins of
the prothorax and elytra finely punctured. Length 12 lines.

Saragus* magister.
S. elliptico-ovatus, impunctatus, niger, nitidus; prothorace elytrisque sat
fortiter marginatis.
Hab. Queensland.

Elliptic-ovate, black and shining, very smooth and impunctate ;
clypeus transverse, gradually rounded from the antennary orbits ; pro-
thorax rather narrowly emarginate at the apex, the disk moderately
convex, the margin about one-sixth of the breadth of the disk at its
widest part ; elytra convex, slightly raised into a line posteriorly at the
suture, the margins narrower than those of the prothorax; body be-
neath glossy black, the abdomen finely corrugated; femora highly
polished ; tibize and tarsi with fulvous hairs, the latter and the antenne
ferruginous. Length 9 lines.

As regards sculpture and outline this species will come into the
same category of the genus as S. brunnipes, De Br.; but it is much
larger, and at once differs in the entire absence of punctation.

Saragus asidoides.

S. elliptico-ovatus, niger, opacus ; prothorace lateribus dilatato, subtiliter
et confertissime punctulato; elytris lineato-punctatis.
Hab. South Australia (Adelaide).

Elliptic-ovate, black, opake ; clypeus slightly produced and truncate
in front; head finely punctured; prothorax minutely and very closely
punctured, rather narrowly emarginate at the apex, the disk flattish
and passing gradually into the margin on each side, shining; elytra
flattish at the base, more convex posteriorly, with small punctures in
slightly irregular? lines, the margin very distinct at the shoulders, but
gradually narrowing to the apex, where it nearly disappears; body
beneath and legs black, slightly nitid; the latter and antennse with a
thin ferruginous pubescence, Length 7 lines.

Something like Asida depressa, Sol., but more convex. The second
* Erichson, Wieg. Arch. 1842, i.p.171 ; Lacordaire, Genera, v. p. 348.

466 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

and third joints of the anterior tarsi are somewhat dilated in my
specimen.
Saragus Duboulait.

S, subrotundus, niger, opacus, late marginatus; elytris confertim impresso-
punctatis.
Hab, Western Australia (Champion Bay).

Nearly round, brownish black, opake, covered with a very short
brownish pubescence ; clypeus very broad, truncate or very slightly
emarginate, with a deep groove in the middle behind at its junction
with the head; prothorax nearly impunctate, narrowly and deeply
emarginate at the apex, the disk scarcely convex, less than half the
breadth at the base, and separated from the margins by a strongly
marked curved impression ; elytra with numerous small punctures, the
disk slightly concave, the margin very distinct, gradually narrowing
posteriorly ; body beneath like the upper part; legs and antenne pale
reddish brown, with a short greyish pile. Length 5 lines.

One of the flattest and most nearly circular of the whole subfamily.
I owe my example to Mr. Duboulay.

Saragus eculans.

S. oblongo-ovatus, fusco-brunneus, subnitidus ; prothorace vix marginato ;
elytris confertim lineato-punctatis, marginibus angustatis.
Hab. Lord Howe’s Island.

Oblong-ovate, convex, dark reddish brown, subnitid ; clypeus sloping
at the sides, the apex emarginate ; head finely but rugosely punctured ;
prothorax closely and finely punctured, the punctures here and there
confluent, the apex broadly emarginate, the lateral margins nearly con-
founded with the disk; elytra closely lineate-punctate, the margins
very narrow, and almost disappearing posteriorly ; body beneath and
femora glossy chestnut-brown ; tibi, tarsi, and antenne pale ferrugi-
nous, finely pubescent. Length 5} lines.

Resembles S. brunnipes, but without any dilatation of the margin
of the prothorax, &e.

Saraqus infelix.

S. breviter ovatus, fuscus, opacus; prothorace confertim punctato; elytris
tricostatis, interstitiis vage punctatis; tibiis scabris.
Hab. Tasmania.

Shortly ovate, blackish brown, opake ; clypeus very transverse, nar-
rower anteriorly and emarginate, separated from the head by a deep
semicircular line; head finely but rugosely punctured; prothorax
closely covered with small oblong punctures, the margins broad and
subgranulous, the apex rather broadly emarginate; elytra tricostate,
the coste moderately elevated, dying out towards the apex, the in-
tervals irregularly punctured, the margins narrow but very distinct ;

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 467

body beneath and femora chestnut-brown; tibiz scabrous, the outer
edge of the anterior tuberculate ; tarsi and antenne pale ferruginous,
Length 6 lines.

Allied to S. laevicollis, Fab., but less convex, the disk of the pro-
thorax not granulate, the intercostal spaces simply punctured, and
the tibize covered with small asperities.

Saragus Odewahnia.

S. breviter ovatus, fuscus, opacus; prothorace confertissime punctulato ;
elytris tricostatis, costis duabus externis interruptis, interna postice
abrupte abbreviata, interstitiis subtiliter granulosis; tibiis subscabris,

Hab. South Australia (Gawler).

Shortly ovate, blackish brown, opake ; clypeus slightly produced,
broadly emarginate at the apex, separated from the head by an indis-
tinct semicircular line; head rugosely punctured; prothorax very
closely and minutely punctured, the intervals having a granulous ap-
pearance, the apex rather broadly emarginate, the margins broad and
pale brownish; elytra considerably broader at the middle and poste-
riorly, tricostate, the inner costa sharply defined, but suddenly ceasing
before the apex, the two outer coste broken up into short lines or
points, the intervals with a slight tomentose pubescence, out of which
rise a number of minute granules ; body beneath dark brown, shining ;
legs paler; tibize slightly scabrous. Length 6 lines.

Resembles the preceding, but smaller, the elytra more decidedly
narrowed at the base; the sculpture of the prothorax and elytra are
also very distinctive. It was one of the many novelties sent to me
by Mr. Odewahn.

Ospipus [ Heleinz].

Caput ad oculos retractum ; clypeo distincto, integro. Oculi transversi,
supra distantes. Palpi mazillares securiformes, labiales breviter clayi-
formes. Mazille lobo externo rotundato, interno angusto, inermi.
Labium ampliatum, apice emarginatum. Mentwm transverso-sexan-
gulare. Antenne 11-articulate, art. tertio longiore, reliquis gradatim
brevioribus et crassioribus, quatuor ultimis clavam compressam forman-
tibus, ultimo rotundato. Prothorax transversus, lateribus rotundatus et
angusto-marginatus, apice profunde emarginatus, basi subbisinuatus.
Elytra late ovata, convexa, leviter marginata; epipleure excavate.
Alatze. Pedes breviusculi ; ¢2bie antic apice extus productee, inermes ;
tibize intermediz et postice bicalcarate ; tarsi subzequales, art. primo
duobus sequentibus longiore. Prosternum carinatum, postice pro-
ductum. Mesosternum A-forme pro processu prosterni. Metasternum
modice elongatum. Processus interfemoralis triangularis. Corpus con-
vexum, breviter ovatum.

This genus is allied to Cilbe as limited by M. Lacordaire. It has,

468 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

however, a somewhat elongate metasternum, a character which that
learned entomologist may probably consider inconsistent with such
affinity.

Ospidus chrysomeloides.
O. fusco-seneus ; elytris cupreis, subtiliter punctatis ; antennis fuscis.
Hab. Queensland.

Dark brownish bronze; head closely punctured; lip broad, scarcely
emarginate; prothorax very minutely and closely punctured, the sides
with small vermicular elevations ; scutellum broadly triangular; elytra
copper-brown, with numerous small punctures and several indistinct
longitudinal raised lines; body beneath and legs reddish copper, shining ;
antenne dark brown. Length 6 lines.

Cossyphus* Odewahnit.

C. ovatus, modice elongatus, testaceus, limbo subtilissime reticulato ;
prothorace haud carinato; elytris striato-punctatis, insertionis linea
secundum elytra biseriatim punctata.

Hab, South Australia (Gawler).

Ovate, slightly elongate, testaceous, rim subdiaphanous, the reticula-
tions exceedingly delicate, and scarcely visible under the lens, except
in certain lights; prothorax without any carina, almost obsoletely
punctured, darker than the rim; scutellum triangular; elytra striato-
punctate, the punctures rather coarse and irregular, the junction of the
rim with the disk marked with two rows of large punctures; body be-
neath, legs, &c. testaceous. Length 2 lines.

The punctures in two rows at the junction of the disk with the
rim of the elytra, although large, are not very well defined; but they
are distinctive, and differentiate this species from any of those de-
scribed by the Marquis de Bréme, none of which, however, are from
Australia. Since his essay, M. Peyron and Dr. Gerstaecker have
each published one, from Syria and Mozambique respectively. I
have two more undescribed from India.

Eutelust ovatus.

E. niger, indumento terrulento griseo tectus ; prothorace medio bicalloso ;
elytris ovatis, tuberculis numerosis irregulariter dispersis.
Hab, Natal.
Black, covered with a thick greyish or reddish-grey secretion mixed
with short hairs; clypeus short, transverse, front of the head with a
few glossy black tubercles; prothorax transversely subglobose, in the

* Olivier, Entom. iii. No. 44 bis, p. 3.
+ Solier, Mem. Accad. Torino, ser. 2, vi. p. 268 ; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 355.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 469

middle two longitudinal crests crowned by numerous small tubercles,
at the sides also two smaller round prominences placed directly midway
between the apex and base ; elytra ovate, rather broader than the pro-
thorax, covered with several (about a dozen or more on each elytron)
oblong callosities running parallel to but at a distance from the suture,
and with a few minute granules between them; body beneath and legs
black, shining, and rugose, with a short pubescence partially filling in
the hollows; tarsi glabrous, glossy black. Length 6-7 lines.

This is probably the “second” species alluded to by M. Lacordaire
(Gen. v. p. 356). It differs from Solier’s HZ. nodosus in its ovate, not
globose, elytra, each with a dozen or more oblong longitudinal ele-
vations or tubercles, not with six only, “ joined three and three, and
forming two transverse callosities.” M. Lacordaire’s description of
Eutelus applies perfectly to this species and to Z. nodosus ; but, from
some oversight, he has represented as the latter the species I have
described below under the name of Cyrtotyche Satanas.

Crrrorycue [ Kuteline }.
Characteres ut in Eutelo; sed caput retractum. Llytra epipleuris antice
obsoletis. TZibie elongate, tenuate, valde curvatee, anticee intus pro-
ductee. Corpus glabrum.

A remarkable form, closely allied to Hutelus, but which, owing to
the absence of the peculiar vestiture of that genus, the longer legs,
and slender, curved tibiz, has quite another habit. It is figured on
M. Lacordaire’s plate under the name of Hutelus nodosus, Sol.

Cyrtotyche Satanas.
C. purpureo-fusca, nitida; antennis, palpis tarsisque nigvis.
Hab. Natal.

Dark purplish brown, shining; head minutely punctured ; prothorax
rather broader than the elytra, very convex and arched above, and much
contracted at the base, four glossy oblong tubercles in a transverse line
in the centre, with two on each side behind, the uppermost very large
and prominent, the lowermost bifid, the intervals rather dull, irregular
and impunctate ; scutellum very small, triangular; elytra impunctate,
short and globose, scarcely as broad as the prothorax at the base, irre-
eularly covered with large conical tubercles, the intervals pitted here
and there, especially near the suture; body beneath black, shining ;
legs dark purple, shining; tarsi black. Length 7 lines.

Byzacnvs [ Euteline }.

Characteres ut in Eutelo ; sed prothorax subquadratus, supra cequalis, mo-
dice convexus, lateribus paulo rotundatus, apice late emarginatus, carina

470 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

laterali distinctus. Elytra elevata, a medio fortiter declivia, epipleuris

linearibus. Z’bie lineares, subcurvatee. Corpus glabrum.

These characters give this genus a very different appearance from
Eutelus and the preceding one. The form of the prothorax causes a
marked distinction between the pronotum and its flanks, which is
wanting in the above genera; the epipleure of the elytra are also
of equal breadth throughout, and very apparent.

Byzacnus picticollis. (Pl. XIX. fig. 6.)

B. cupreo-fuscus, nitidus; prothorace lateribus rubris; antennis, tibiis
tarsisque rufo-ferrugineis.

Hab. Natal.

Copper-brown, shining ; head finely punctured ; antenne reddish fer-
ruginous; lip and palpi paler; prothorax rugosely punctured, the sides
dark red; scutellum small, transversely convex; elytra coarsely and
sparingly punctured, narrower at the base than the prothorax, gradually
broader and higher near the middle, where they are a little rounded and
furnished with twelve tubercles, then almost vertically declivous, and
the sides rapidly narrowing to the dehiscent apex, where they termi-
nate each in an obtuse point; body beneath and femora dark brown,
shining, finely punctured ; tibize and tarsi reddish ferruginous. Length
5 lines.

Oremasis [ Cyphaleine ].

A Prophane differt prothorace angulis anticis haud productis; elytris
gibbosis, basi prothorace haud latioribus et ad eum arcte applicatis,
apicibus acuminatis.

The type of this genus 1s Adelium cupreum, G. R. Gray (Griffith’s
Animal King. Ins. i. p..22, pl. 80. f. 2). It is another of those
species allied to Prophanes, which M. Lacordaire considers not to
accord with that genus. It is in fact much nearer Cyphaleus in
form than the depressed Prophanes. Another genus to be consti-
tuted is one for P. metallescens, Westw. ; and probably my Charto-
pteryx binodosus, with its two great humps like T'hecacerus, will
require another. All the species of this handsome family, except
Lepispilus suleicollis* and Hemicyclus grandis, are exceedingly rare.
My collection contains eleven species, the British Museum seven, the
greater part of each of each of them limited to a single individual.
There are doubtless many more to come.

Lycestira [ Cyphaleine}.
Prophani affinis, sed differt clypeo emarginato ; angulis anticis prothoracis
haud productis ; et apicibus elytrorum muticis.

* Kound in Australia as well as in Tasmania.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 471

This is one of the forms, mentioned by M. Lacordaire, referred to
Prophanes, Westw., but having characters essentially different. They
would probably, however, be considered slight, if they were not ac-
companied by a marked difference of habit, and the species did not
belong to a family in which the instability of characters does not
always admit of very trenchant differentiation. Prophanes simple,
Westw., belongs to this genus: my specimen scarcely answers in
some particulars to Mr. Westwood’s description ; but it agrees in
having a deeply emarginate clypeus, a character by which it differs
from the species described below ; the eyes are also much more widely
apart, and the prothorax at the apex is considerably broader than
the head, the anterior angles being consequently well marked though

not produced. It is one of the many good things sent me by Mr.
Odewahn.
Lygestira funerea.
I. olivaceo-nigra, nitida; oculis parvis, fronte remotis ; clypeo modice
emarginato ; prothorace apice late emarginato.
Hab. South Australia (Gawler).

Oblong-ovate, depressed, olive-black, or very dark olive, shining, and
having a very thin brownish tomentum ; head and prothorax minutely
punctured ; the latter broadly emarginate at the apex, the anterior angle
on each side extending considerably from the head ; eyes small, widely
apart; elytra finely punctured, longitudinally marked with numerous
almost obsolete costz, the apex rounded ; body beneath black, and legs
black, shining, tibize finely ciliated. Length 11 lines.

Cuoxirus [Cnodaline ].

Caput exsertum, antice transversum ; clypeus distinctus, fere ad basin an-
tennarum truncatus. Labrum transversum, Mandibule apice integre.
Palpi mavillares securiformes ; labiales art. ult. magno, cyathiformi.
Mentum trapeziforme, in linea mediana incrassatum. Antenne art.
3io quam 1™us longiore, 6-10 sensim latioribus transversis et compressis,
ultimo precedente majore et rotundato. Prothoraxr subtransversus,
apice fere truncatus, ad latera rotundatus, tenuiter marginatus, postice
constrictus, basi leviter bisinuatus. -Elytra prothorace latiora, oblonga,
pone medium latiora. Tibie subcurvate, mutice ; tars? art. ultimo
majore. Prosternum dilatatum, declive. Mesosternum antice exca-
vatum.

The type of this genus has long been known under Dejean’s name
here adopted. With it I have associated a species from Queensland
which appears to me to be congeneric. The genus is distinguished
inter alia from its allies by its declivous prosternum without the
usual mucro.

472 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Cholipus brevicornis.
C. niger, nitidus; elytris purpurascentibus, leviter striato-punctatis, punc-
tis subtilissimis interstitiis sitis.
Hab. Sava.
Glossy black ; head and prothorax finely punctured, the latter with
a median impressed line; scutellum triangular; elytra dark purplish,
finely striato-punctate, the interstices with extremely minute punctures ;
body beneath and legs glossy black ; antennze with the last six joints
but one dilated on one side. Length 6 lines.

Cholipus punctipennis.
C. niger, subnitidus; elytris seriatim punctato-impressis, punctis medi-
ocribus, interstitiis impunctatis.
Hab. Queensland.

Black, slightly shining; head and prothorax minutely punctured;
the latter with the median impressed line confined to the posterior part,
and ending in a shallow fovea near the base; scutellum triangular ;
elytra seriate-punctate, the punctures impressed, moderately large, the
intervals impunctate; body beneath, legs, and antenns glossy black.
Length 6 lines.

Hemicyclus* punctulatus.
H. breviter elliptico-ovatus, purpureo- vel chalybeato metallicus ; elytris
subtiliter punctatis.
Hab, South Australia.

Shortly ovate-elliptical, steel-blue, varying to purple ; head sparsely
punctured, a broad longitudinal impression between the eyes ; antennee
chalybeate blue, the basal joint copper; prothorax nearly impunctate,
except at the rim; scutellum triangular; elytra finely punctured, the
punctures numerous but not crowded; body beneath and legs dark
greenish black, shining. Length 63 lines.

Very decisively distinguished from H. grandis and metallicus of

Westwood by its oblong although still somewhat hemispherical form
and punctured elytra.

Platyphanest cyaneus.

H., ovatus, cyaneus, nitidus; capite prothoraceque nigris; antennis pedi-
busque subferrugineis. ;
Hab. North Australia.

Ovate, very convex, deep indigo-blue, shining; head and prothorax
black, minutely punctured; clypeus not distinct from the head, slightly
emarginate ; antennze scarcely longer than the breadth of the head,
ferruginous, the 7th-10th joints transverse, the last as long as broad ;
prothorax much narrower than the elytra, broadly lobed at the base ;
elytra gradually broader to about the middle, then rounding to the apex,

* Westwood, Arc. Ent. i. p. 44. t+ Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soe. v. p. 206.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 473

lineate-punctate, the punctures very small and in about 14 lines, but
the fifth and eighth forming double lines of smaller punctures, all dis-
appearing near the apex ; body beneath shining ; femora nearly black ;
tibize and tarsi subferruginous. Length 8 lines.

Probably a proper genus. I have referred it here on account of
its antenne, rather than to Cyphaleus, but the epipleure of the
elytra are not horizontal as in Platyphanes. Is not Platyphanes vit-
tatus, Westw., an Hemicera?

Eveyrrvs [{Cnodaline].

Caput exsertum, ante oculos brevissimum; clypeus distinctus, transversus,
ad basin antennarum truncatus, apice emarginatus. Zabrum transver-
sum. Mandibule apice integree. Palpi maxillares securiformes ; labiales
art. ultimo elongato-ovato. Mentwm haud carinatum, transversum,
antice truncatum. Palpilabiales art. ult. oblongo-ovato. Antenne art.
30 quam Imus Jongiore, 5° vel 6-10 sensim latioribus et brevioribus, com-
pressis, ultimo majore, rotundato, Prothorax transversus, apice sub-
sinuatus, ad latera rotundatus, fortiter marginatus, postice constrictus,
basi bisinuatus. Elytra late ovata, prothorace latiora. Pedes validi;
femora intermedia et posteriora aliquando infra hirsuta; tibre rectee,
mutice, intus ad apicem villose; tars subdilatati, articulo ultimo
ceteris simul sumptis breviore. Prosternwm latum, postice depressum,
mucrone brevi verticali terminatum. Mesosternwm antice excavatum.
Processus interfemoralis triangularis.

These characters apply to Lucyrtus pretiosus of Dejean’s catalogue,
briefly described by M. Lacordaire in his ‘Genera’ (y. p. 417, note),
but they do not apply to Hope’s Scoteus, into which that learned
entomologist has merged the genus of Dejean. Scoteus has a re-
tracted head, the clypeus produced beyond the antennary lobes, the
antenne subserrate, prothorax finely margined at the sides, the four
posterior femora not hairy beneath, the tibiee glabrous; the tarsi are
much longer and more attenuated, with the claw-joint very long ;
above all, the prosternum is horizontally prolonged posteriorly, and is
received into a long narrow groove of the mesosternum. Borneo
seems to be rich in the species of Hucyrtus.

Gavromatra [Cnodalinee].

Characteres ut in Eucyrto, sed clypeus productus, orbitis antennarum di-
stinctus, emarginatus. MJazille lobo interiore dentato. Mentwm fere
semicirculare, basi in processum triangularem productum. Palpi labiales
art. ult. breviter obconico. Femora sublinearia. Tibie antice tenu-
atee, curvatee.

Tam unwilling to introduce characters derived almost entirely

474 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

from the oral organs as distinctive of nearly allied genera, principally
because they are difficult to ascertain, and are probably assumed in
the majority of cases, except in the type of the genus: but in this
instance the toothed inner maxillary lobe is an exception to the
characters of this subfamily as laid down by M. Lacordaire. The
mentum is also very peculiar, it is very much produced in front ina
nearly semicircular form, with short sides each of which gives off a
sort of triangular process at right angles to the main axis, in this
way forming a kind of enclosure round the base of the lower lip.
The clypeus let into the front and distinct from the antennary orbits,
is also very different from the same organ in Hucyrtus, where it runs
into and seems a part of the orbits.

Gauromaia dives.
G. purpureo-metallica, nitida; corpore infra, antennis pedibusque nigris.
Hab, Malacca (Mount Ophir).

Metallic purple, smooth and shining; head and prothorax finely
punctured, the latter transverse, rounded and finely margined at the
sides and base, the latter and apex of nearly equal breadth; scu-
tellum triangular; elytra ovate, broader than the prothorax, striato-
punctate, punctures small and approximate, spaces between the strize
broad and minutely punctulate; body beneath and legs black; femora not
thickened, the anterior slightly curved, a faint shade of coral-red in the
middle; tibiee nearly equal in length, more or less curved; tarsi sub-
equal; antenne black, with the last four joints pubescent. Length 7
lines.

Puaerpis [Cnodaline].

Characteres ut in Eucyrto ; sed clypeus productus ; mentwm minus transver-
sum,in mediocarinatum, Antenne breviores, articulis magis transver-
sis. Prothorax apice paulo productus. Femora incrassata, in medio
subtus dentata.

The last character also distinguishes this genus from the foregoing,
from which, moreover, it differs in the larger comparative size of the
claw-joint, and the shortness of the anterior tibie.

Phaedis elysius.
P. ceruleus, nitidus ; elytris aureo-zeneis, lineato-punctatis.
Hab, Sarawak.

Sky-blue, very smooth and glossy; head rather remotely punctured,
the lateral line, separating the clypeus from the front, extending above
the base of the former; antenne reddish ferruginous, pubescent, scarcely
longer than the breadth of the head ; palpi pale ferruginous ; prothorax
with numerous small, rather remote punctures, finely bordered on all

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sides; scutellum small, triangular; elytra much broader than the pro-
thorax, bright brassy yellow, or brassy with a golden tinge, lineate-
punctate, the intervals between the lines with very minute scattered
points, the intervals between the punctures brassy brown; body beneath
and legs glossy, with a greenish tinge. Length 6 lines.

Exrxora [Cnodalinee ].

Caput breve, usque ad medium oculorum insertum ; clypeus angustatus,
apice truncatus. Labrum productum. Oculi magni. Mentum trapezoi-
dale, medio carinatum, apice emarginatum. Labiwmsubcordatum. Palpi
labiales approximati, in medio labii inserti, art. ult. amplo. Antenne
apicem versus paulo incrassatz, articulis obconicis, ultimo ovato. Pro-
thorax transversus, lateribus rotundatus, apice emarginatus, basi sublo-
batus. Elytra prothoraci arcte applicata, oblonga, convexa; epipleure
integra. Pedes mediocres; tibie graciles; tarsi lineares, articulo ultimo
mediocri. Prosternum postice productum, in incisura mesosterni re-
ceptum. Processus interfemoralis triangularis. Corpus oblongo-ovatum.

Allied to Damatris, Lap., but differentiated by its small claw-
joints, and the epipleurz of the elytra entire and gradually narrow-
ing to the apex. The last joint of the maxillary palpus is nearly
three times the size of the outer maxillary lobe. The type resembles
an oblong Chrysomela (C. geminata for instance), only much larger.

Elhaota cuprea.
E. cuprea, nitida ; elytris lineato-punctatis, interstitiis punctulatis.
Hab. North China.

Dark copper-brown, shining; head and prothorax finely punctured,
the junction of the clypeus with the front marked only by a deep trans-
verse line, which does not extend to the antennary orbits, the six terminal
joints of the antenne broader than the others ; scutellum triangular, its
sides slightly rounded ; elytra oblong, rather broader than the prothorax,
lineate-punctate, the punctures rather small, oblong, and occasionally
approximate, the intervals between the lines remotely and minutely
punctate ; body beneath dark copper-brown, shining; posterior tarsi
with the basal joint nearly as long as the rest together, the claw-joint
not longer than the second and third together. Length 43 lines.

Navres [Cnodaline].

Caput retractum ; clypeus fronte confusus. Labrum transversum. Man-
dibule apice integre. Palpi mavillares securiformes ; labiales art. ult.
magno, cyathiformi. Mentwn quadratum. Labiwm magnum, basi
angustiore. Antenne gyaciles, art. tertio longiore, 4-7 equalibus tenu-
atis, 8-10 elongato-obconicis, ultimo oblongo oblique truncato, Pro-
thorax transversus, apice leviter emarginatus, basi sublobatus. Elytra
oblonga, prothorace paulo latiora ; epipleure@ postice abrupte angustiores,

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476 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Pedes mediocres ; tibie lineares; tarsi antici art. tribus basalibus dila-
tatis (¢?) tertio subbilobo, penultimo parvo: intermedii et postici art.
basali paulo elongato, penultimo minore, ultimo mediocri. Prosternum
postice in cavitate mesosterni receptum. Corpus oblongo-ovatum,
convexum.

I have adopted this genus, which does not appear to have been
published, from one of M. Deyrolle’s lists. It differs from the
former, inter alia, in the third joint of the anterior tarsus being sub-
bilobed, with the small penultimate joint inserted between the lobes.

Nautes fervidus.
N. cupreus, nitidus ; elytris lineato-sulcatis, sulcis fere obsolete punctatis.
Hab. Mexico.

Bright reddish copper, shining; head finely but not closely punc-
tured; lip testaceous, hairy; prothorax minutely and rather remotely
punctured, the margin on each side thickened ; scutellum triangular ;
elytra with nine narrow but deeply sulcated lines on each, the outer-
most not extending to the base, the lines marked at regular intervals as
if punctured ; body beneath and legs dark greenish copper; tarsi and
antennze ferruginous. Length 4 lines.

Arcotuymus | Helopinee }.

Caput retractum ; clypeus distinctus, antice rotundatus. Oculi transversi,
distantes. Palpi mavillares securiformes ; Jabiales cylindrici. Mentum
transyersum, antice bisinuatum, postice valde constrictum. Labiwm
apice emarginatum. Antenne filiformes; articulo tertio elongato,
ceteris longitudine equalibus, subobconicis, ultimo oblongo-ovato
Prothorax transyersus, antice rotundatus, pone medium incurvatus
angulis posticis acutis, apice late emarginatus, basi truncatus. Elytra
prothorace basi latiora, dorso subplanata, lateribus subito declivia et
rotundata, epipleurze angustatee. Pedes ineequales, graciles ; tbie cal-
caratee ; tars? postici articulo basali czeteris simul sumptis fere longiore.
Prosternum productum. Mesosternum longiusculum, latum, subver-
ticale. Processus interfemoralis latus.

The type of this genus is rather above the ordinary size, and in
outline resembles the shorter species of Blaps. Like so many other
genera in this family, it does not appear, to have any very obvious
affinities.

Arcothymus coenosus,
A, niger, pube scabra fuscescente tectus, infra glaber, nitidus ; elytris ob-
solete striatis.

Hab, Australia.
Black, covered with a rough brownish pubescence composed of short

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stiff hairs, mixed with a slight powdery exudation; head much nar-
rower than the prothorax, retracted to the eyes; antennz extending to
nearly half the length of the body; prothorax very slightly convex, the
inflected sides nearly three times the breadth of the epipleuree, which
are very distinct ; body beneath black, shining; legs with a thin brown-
ish pubescence. Length 8 lines.

Miworevs [ Helopinee].

Caput retractum ; elypeus fronte confusus, apice emarginatus. Oculi trans-
versi, distantes. Palpi mavzillares securiformes; labiales triangulares.
Mentum antice latum, basin versus angustatum. Antenne breviuscule,
art. tertio longiore, 4-7 brevioribus obconicis, 8-10 latioribus et com-
pressis plus minusye obconicis, 11 rotundato. Prothorax transversus,
ad latera rotundatus, antice angustior, basi bisinuatus, apice fortiter
emarginatus. Elytra ovata, prothorace latiora, humeri angulis pro-
thoracis obtecti. Pedes mediocres; tibie apicem versus crassiores, cal-
caratee ; tarst antici breves, postici elongati tenues. Prosternum pro-
ductum. Mesosternum breve, triangulare. Processus interfemoralis
quadratus, antice rotundatus.

In the character of its antenne this genus is nearer to Misolampus
and its allies than to Helops, with which it agrees in habit. In
this respect, however, it still more nearly resembles some species of
Amara.

Mimopeus amarordes.

M. glaber; capite prothoraceque nigris, nitidis; elytris purpureo-brunneis,
punctato-impressis, subtilissime granulosis; antennis pedibusque ferru-
gineis.

Hab, Australia.

Smooth; head and prothorax black, shining, finely punctured, lateral
margins of the latter slightly produced, bordered with a slightly raised
edge; scutellum transversely triangular; elytra dark purplish brown,
opake, with numerous irregular punctiform impressions, the intervals
dotted with very minute granules, epipleure ferruginous, broad -at: the
base, gradually narrowing towards the apex ; body beneath dark pur-
plish brown, shining; legs, antennz, and palpi ferruginous. “Length
6 lines,

Gusts { Helopinee].

Caput subverticale, antice dilatatum et integrum ; Jabrum emarginatum,
basi angustius. Ocwli transversi, sinuati. Palpi mazillares art. ult. secu-
riformi. Masille lobo interno hamato. Palpi labiales art. ult. ovato.
Labium integrum, basi angustius. Mentum trapeziforme,. Antenne
claviformes, articulis terminalibus transversis compressis, basalibus ob-
conicis. Prothorax subcylindricus, tenuiter marginatus, antice truncatus,
basi in medio paulo lobatus. Elytra ovata, prothoraci arcte applicata,
Pedes breves ; femora antica subtus unidentata; tbi@ curvate, breviter

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478 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

calcaratz ; tarsi lineares, art. ult. ceteris fere eequali. Prosternum
postice productum, in incisura mesosterni receptum. Metasternum
breve. Corpus leve, ovatum, convexum.

The form of the antenne requires this genus to be placed in M.
Lacordaire’s third “ group” of Helopine, with Misolampus, Zophius,
and others, to none of which does it bear any decided affinity. In
habit it approaches some of the more convex forms of Helops. The
internal maxillary lobe has a very distinct hook, a character which
occurs only in this subfamily in Amphidora and Enoplopus; in the
latter the profemora are also toothed. 1 owe my specimens to Mr.
Adams, but I am unable to say from part of the coast they were
derived.

Gnesis helopiordes.

G. nigra, nitida; elytris fuscis, striato-punctatis.
Hab. Mantchuria.

Black, shining; antennz, lip, and palpi ferruginous, the former
shorter than the prothorax; head and prothorax finely punctured ;
scutellum small, acutely triangular; elytra dark brown, inclining to
chestnut, deeply punctate-striate, the sutural and exterior strize alone
reaching the apex, the others uniting at various distances from it; body
beneath and legs dark chestnut, shining. Length 33-4 lines.

Atryphodes* Macleayi.
A, niger, opacus; prothorace utrinque valde foliaceo, reflexo; elytris
planatis, lineato-striatis, lateribus reflexo-marginatis, humeris distinctis.
Hab. New South Wales?

Opake, black ; head with a stirrup-shaped impression in front; pro-
thorax very deeply emarginate at the apex, each side with a broad re-
flexed foliaceous margin; elytra nearly perfectly flat above, the margins
on each side slightly reflexed, the shoulders produced but rounded, the
disk punctate-striate, the strie more or less united anteriorly and pos-
teriorly, and here and there single striz within the double striae, epi-
pleure very broad and smooth; abdomen and legs glossy black. Length
9 lines.

Atryphodes egerius. (Pl. XIX. fig. 4.)
A, niger, opacus; prothorace antice foliaceo, postice constricto, angulis
posticis acute productis; elytris obovatis, striatis, interstitiis alternis
elevatis, humeris nullis.

Hab. New South Wales ?
Opake, black; head with an obscure horseshoe-shaped impression

in front; prothorax moderately emarginate at the apex, the sides in
front rounded and slightly foliaceous, but considerably narrowed be-

* — Thoracophorus, Hope, not Motschulsky.

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hind, each basal angle ending in a slender process directed backwards ;
elytra obovate, the margins very narrow, lateral, the disk striated, the
strize obsoletely punctured, the alternate intervals elevated into a sharp
line or ridge ; body beneath smooth, black; legs glossy black. Length
8 lines.

This and the above I received some time ago from W. Macleay,
Esq., without a precise locality. They are exceedingly well-marked
species, the first on account of its flat upper surface with reflected
margins to the prothorax and elytra, the second from the absence of
humeral angles and the remarkable slenderness of the body above
the junction of the elytra and prothorax. In the last species the
lateral groove on the prothorax, which on A. Walckenaeri is situated
at the base, is placed midway between the apex and base; in A.
Macleayi it extends to the middle, but is rather obscurely defined
posteriorly. It would perhaps be more correct to regard the epipleurz
in A. Macleay? as limited to a portion of the under surface of the ex-
panded margin of the elytra exterior to a slightly raised line which
may be partially traced, instead of comprehending the whole: it
would be more consistent with analogy, although in this case the
epipleuree would be all but confounded with the elytra.

Atryphodes errans.
A. niger, nitidus; prothorace modice convexo, glabro, marginibus an-
custis; elytris prothorace angustioribus, striatis.
Hab. Queensland.

Black, shining; head with a few fovez in front (as well as the sul-
cations common to the genus); prothorax moderately conyex, rounded
at the sides, the margins narrow, latero-basal groove very short; elytra
narrower than the prothorax, slightly convex, the shoulders obsolete,
the disk regularly striated; body beneath and legs glossy black; the
tarsi covered with golden-brown hairs. Length 7 lines.

Similar to A. Walckenaeri, but glossy, not opake, and a narrow mar-
gin to the prothorax, which is also rather broader than the elytra.

Atryphodes aratus.

A, niger, indumento fuscescente tectus; prothorace utrinque foliaceo ;
elytris subplanatis, ineequaliter striatis, lateribus reflexo-marginatis,
humeris distinctis.

Hab. Queensland.

Closely allied to A. Macleayi, but covered with a brownish filmy
crust, the elytra less flattened, and the strie irregular, the itervening
lines being somewhat flexuous, the fifth from the suture more elevated
than the rest, and the two or three outer broken up into numerous ob-

480 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

long or roundish tubercles, The other characters are nearly the same
in both species. Length 9 lines.

Adelium* augurale.

A, viridi-zeneum; prothorace utrinque rotundato, modice emarginato,
vermiculato-punctato; elytris interrupte costatis, punctis numerosis
impressis.

Hab. Queensland.

Dark greenish bronze, in other respects resembling 4. porcatum, but
the punctures on the head and prothorax deeper and more crowded, on
the latter especially running together and leaving vermicular spaces in
the intervals ; on the elytra the alternate ridges are considerably less
elevated, or, rather, are hardly to be recognized as ridges, being more
or less tubercular, the punctures more numerous and less confined to
the strize, the general surface also most minutely granulate, but without
the small glabrous points visible in 4. porcatuwm; body beneath and
legs chalybeate blue or green. Length 6 lines.

I have seen only one specimen of this species.

Adelium succisum.

A, viridi-zeneum ; prothorace marginibus subfoliaceis, pone medium subito
descrescente ; elytris ovatis, irregulariter impresso-punctatis, punctis ap-
proximatis, aliquando connexis, punctis minoribus dispersis; antennis
filiformibus.

Hab. Victoria.

Dark greenish bronze; head roughly punctured; prothorax trans-
verse, the sides slightly foliaceous, gradually broader for about two-
thirds of its length, then suddenly narrowing to the base, the disk with
obscure punctiform impressions principally at the sides; elytra ovate,
the shoulders nearly obsolete, covered with numerous punctiform im-
pressions, some of which unite, and having smaller punctures in the
intervals ; body beneath black, very glossy, the segments on each side
with a V-shaped impression ; legs black, shining. Length 6-8 lines.

Narrower than A. porcatum, which, however, is by no means its

nearest ally, and well distinguished by the peculiar angularity of the
sides of the prothorax, which look as if broken off posteriorly.

Adeliumn vicarium.

A. fusco-zneum; prothorace marginibus rotundatis, modice dilatatis ;
elytris anguste ovatis, seriatim impresso-punctatis ; antennis apicem
versus crassioribus.

Hab. Western Australia.

Dark bronze; head punctured anteriorly, the vertex impunctate ;

* Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soe. xii. p. 420; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 437.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 481

prothorax transverse, the margins rounded and moderately dilated at
the sides, finely punctured, with about three foveee on each side and a
stronger impression near the margin; elytra narrowly ovate, seriate-
punctate, the punctures very irregular in size and approximation, but
much smaller than in the preceding species, and the spaces between
them less rugose; body beneath and legs glossy black; tarsi with
brownish hairs; antenn with the last four joints but one dilated and
triangular, the last rounded. Length 6 lines.

This is the only species I have noticed with what may called sub-
claviform antenne ; in other respects it is clearly allied to the pre-
ceding.

Adelium obesum.

A, yiridi-zeneum ; prothorace indistincte punctato, utrinque rotundato,
pone medium constricto; elytris ampliatis, prothorace multo latioribus,
fortiter punctato-striatis, humeris rotundatis.

Hab. Victoria.

Dark greenish bronze; head distinctly punctured ; prothorax small,
transverse, rounded at the sides, the greatest breadth being behind the
middle, the breadth then rapidly contracting, the disk with numerous
irregular indistinct punctiform impressions; elytra much broader than
the prothorax, convex, strongly punctate-striate, the shoulders rounded: .
body beneath dark chalybeate green; legs glossy black; third antennal
joint nearly as long as the next three together. Length 7 lines.

Adelium auratumn.

A, viridi-aureum ; prothorace levi, subtilissime punctato, utrinque rotun-
dato; elytris ovatis, interrupte fortiter striatis; corpore infra nigro,
nitido.

Hab. North Australia.

Rich golden-green, with coppery reflections; head with scattered
minute punctures; clypeus slightly emarginate at the apex; lip and
antenne black; prothorax smooth, finely punctured, a few irregularly
distributed foveze on the disk, the sides expanded and well rounded,
with the margin reflexed and thickened above; scutellum triangular ;
elytra broadly ovate, convex, coarsely striate, but the striz broken up
into short portions, the intervals nearly impunctate ; body beneath and
legs black, shining. Length 9 lines.

A distinct and handsome species, resembling our Carabus arvensis.

Adelium striatum.

A, eneo-fuscum, nitidum ; elytris impunctatis, fortiter striatis.
Hab. Queensland.
Dark brassy brown, shining ; head nearly impunctate, the clypeus
very short and transverse, scarcely extending beyond the insertion of
the antenne. and having a narrow process on each side directed towards

482 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

the inner portion of the eye ; prothorax impunctate, the sides expanded
and well rounded, with the edges of the margins reflexed but only
slightly thickened, the centre of the disk with two fovew, and behind
these towards the posterior angle an irregularly curved impressed line
on each side; elytra shortly ovate, convex, strongly striate, nine strie
on each ; body beneath, legs, and antenne dark glossy brown. Length
9 lines.

Readily distinguished by its impunctate elytra, with their strongly
marked simple strize. The clypeus is also peculiar.

Adelium latum.

A, late ovatum, cupreo-fuscum, nitidum ; prothorace latitudine elytrorum,
marginibus haud dilatatis; elytris foveolatis et irregulariter lineato-
punctatis.

Hab. Australia.

Rather broadly ovate, slightly convex, dark copper-brown, shining ;
head slightly punctured ; the clypeus very short and transverse, scarcely
extending beyond the insertion of the antenne ; prothorax as broad as
the elytra, its apex scarcely narrower than the base, thinly punctured,
and pitted with several large fovese, posterior angles not acute, the
lateral margins not dilated, consisting merely of a thickened line ;
elytra shortly ovate, having a few irregular lines of small punctures,
here and there displaced by a broad fovea; body beneath and legs dark
glossy brown. Length 5 lines.

Remarkable for the breadth of the prothorax, and its moderately
convex form. It should stand after A. licinoides, Kirby.

Adelium congestum.

A, elongatum, eeneo-fuscum; prothorace nitido, disperse et irregulariter
punctato, marginibus haud dilatatis; elytris seriatim punctatis, inter-
stitiis alternis interrupte lineato-elevatis, lineis nitidis.

Hab, Victoria.

Elongate, dark brassy brown ; head rugosely punctured; the clypeus
very short and considerably thickened in front; prothorax shining,
irregularly and rather coarsely punctured, not dilated at the sides, the
base strongly incurved ; elytra oblong, a little broader than the pro-
thorax, scarcely or only very slightly shining, seriate-punctate, the
intervals between the alternate series with interrupted elevated shining
lines, or, in other words, there are five pairs of punctured lines and
four lines of short oblong ridges on each elytron; body beneath and
legs dark glossy black. Length 43-6 lines.

The sculpture of the elytra is sufficiently characteristic of this very
distinct species.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 483

The three following genera comprise the species which are ex-
cluded from Adelium as defined by M. Lacordaire, and which he has
indicated as types of new ones, without, however, giving their
characters.

OrRINTUS.
Characteres ut in Adelio; sed prothorax basi sinuatus. Elytra convexa,
angustata, epipleuris verticalibus. Tvbie antic curvate. Mesosternum

elevatum, cayvitate A-formi pro receptione processus prosterni.
Type, Otrintus Behrit, Germar (Prosodes ?).

CorIPERA.
Characteres ut in Adelio; sed elytra prothoraci arcte applicata; epipleuris
angustatis, humeris distantibus.
Type, Coripera deplanata, Boisduval (Adelium).

PHELONEIS.

Characteres ut in Adelio; sed antenne articulis apicalibus, ultimo excepto,
transversis. Elytra prothoraci arcte applicata. Tarst antici et inter-
medii articulis, ultimo excepto, plus minusve latioribus, et triangulariter
transversis.

Type, Pheloneis harpaloides, White (Adelium).

To any of these it is impossible to refer Adelium catenulatum,
Boisd. It has the elytra closely applied to the prothorax as in
Coripera and Pheloneis ; but the epipleuree mounting to the shoulder
as in Adelium cuts it off from the former, while the latter has the
terminal joints of the antenne dilated, and an entirely different
habit, singularly resembling, as M. Lacordaire observes, certain
Amaras. It may be named

SEIROTRANA,

Chiracteres ut in Adelio, sed elytra prothoraci arcte applicata. Antenne
articulo tertio duobus sequentibus breviore.
Type, Sedrotrana catenulata, Boisduval (Adelium).

Cympesa [ Helopine |.

Caput breve, retractum ; clypeus distinctus, ultra basin antennarum haud
productus, apice rotundatus. Labrum angustatum, productum. Mentum
transverse cordatum. Palpi ut in Adelio. Antenne lineares, art. tertio
longiore, ultimo ovato. Prothorax transversus, lateribus vix rotundatus,
leviter marginatus, apice late sinuatus, basi in medio retractus, angulis
posticis rotundatis. Scutellum transversum. Elytra basi prothorace
vix latiora, apicem versus sensim angustiora, lateribus subito declivia.
Pedes ut in Adelio, Prosternum postice productum in cavitate meso-

484 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

sterni receptum. Metasternum breve. Processus interfemoralis antice
rotundatum. Corpus naviculare, supra depressum.

The outline of this insect, resembling a broad species of Elater,
and its flattened form, will readily distinguish it from all other
genera of the subfamily to which it belongs.

Cymbeba dissimilis. (Pl. XIX. fig. 8.)

C. znea, nitida; prothorace basi bifoveolato ; elytris striato-punctatis, in-
terstitiis punctulatis.
Hab. Australia.

Dark brassy brown, shining; head finely punctured, two fovez be-
tween the eyes; clypeus separated from the front by an arched line ;
prothorax finely punctured, an indistinct median impressed line with a
fovea on each side at the base; elytra striate-punctate, the punctures
small and rather distant, the intervals between the striz minutely
punctured, the sides, abruptly declivous, shade off at the shoulder and
apex; body beneath and legs brassy ; tarsi beneath and last two or three
joints of the antennze covered with a ferruginous pile. Length 6 lines.

Atymon [ Megacanthinee ].

Caput retractum ; clypeus indistinctus. Oculi haud approximati. Palpi
maxillares securiformes; lJabiales art. ult. brevi, cylindrico. Mazille
lobo interno mutico. Zabiwmn antice rotundatum. Mentum trapezoi-
dale. Antenne tenuate, art. tertio ceteris longiore, 4, 5, 6 obconicis,
7-11 crassioribus et cylindricis. Prothorax transversus, antice angustior,
lateribus rotundatus, apice emarginatus, basi subbisinuatus. E/ytra
latissima, convexa, arcuata, lateribus subparallela, flexuosa. Pedes
mediocres ; femora antica subtus dente valido instructa ; tibie lineares,
inermes ; tars? art. primo subelongato, -Antepectus brevissimum, pro-
sterno producto. Mesosternum cavitate A-forme. Metasternwm incur-
vatum.

Allied to Oplocheirus, Lac. ; but, besides other characters, such as
the unarmed internal maxillary lobe, &e., it is radically distin-
guished by the arching of the elytra, which may be traced along
their margins and epipleurs, and to which the concavity of the
metasternum corresponds.

Alymon prolatus.
A. cupreo-fuscus, nitidus ; prothorace subtiliter, elytris striato-punctatis,
his interstitiis vage punctatis.
Hab. Natal.
Dark copper-brown, shining; head and prothorax finely punctured,
and having a sparse greyish pubescence, apparently very deciduous ;
scutellum triangular; elytra rounded at the shoulders, their breadth

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 485

equal to about two-thirds of their length, striato-punctate, the punc-
tures very close, the intervals of the strizee with numerous scattered
punctures, which are rather smaller than those of the striz, the stric
eight in number on each elytron, the 4th and 5th uniting posteriorly,
the 3rd and 6th also uniting beyond the two central, the remainder dis-
appearing shortly before the apex ; body beneath, legs, and palpi brown,
with a thin greyish pile. Length 6 lines.

Amarygmus* nigritarsis.
A. oblongo-ovatus, sericeo-viridis ; capite, prothorace, antennis tarsisque
nigris, femoribus tibiisque ferrugineis; corpore infra chalybeato.
Hab. Queensland.

Oblong-ovate; head, prothorax, and scutellum black, nearly impunc-
tate ; antennee more than half the length of the body, black; elytra
bright satiny green, striato-punctate, the punctures minute, the rows
widely apart, also a short inner line at the base near the scutellum;
body beneath glossy black; femora and tibize reddish ferruginous ;
tarsi black. Length 6 lines.

Amarygmus convexus.

A, brevis, convexus, elliptico-ovatus ; capite et prothorace nigris ; elytris
cyaneis, subnitidis, seriatim punctatis ; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis.
Hab. Queensland.

Very convex, short, elliptic-ovate; head and prothorax impunctate,
black; clypeus and lip edged with ferruginous; scutellum triangular,
black ; elytra dark blue, seriate-punctate, the punctures rather coarse,
the rows at moderate intervals; two or three punctures on each side
the scutellum ; body beneath black, the last two abdominal segments
glossy; antenne, palpi, and legs ferruginous, the former about half the
length of the body. Length 43 lines.

I have a species from Sydney, nearly as convex, but much more
oblong; these are the only two very convex species I have seen.

Amarygmus tarsalis.

A, anguste ovatus, niger, subnitidus; prothorace brevi; elytris cyaneis,
seriatim punctatis; antennis, tarsisque subferrugineis, pedibus et cor-
pore subtus nigrescentibus, nitidis.

Hab. Queensland.

Narrowly ovate, moderately convex; head and prothorax opake, black,
impunctate, the latter very short, the base rather strongly produced
towards the scutellum, the latter triangular, black ; elytra dark blue,
slightly nitid, seriate-punctate, the punctures oblong and somewhat
approximate, the rows at moderate intervals, a row of seven punctures

* Dalman, Anal. Ent. p. 60; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 473.

486 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

on each side, near the scutellum; body beneath glossy blackish ; antennze
yellowish ferruginous, scarcely half the length of the body ; legs black-
ish; tarsi yellowish ferruginous. Length 33 lines.

A small narrow species, with yellowish ferruginous tarsi.

Drerysvus [| Amarygmine }.

Caput retractum ; clypeus truncatus. Labrum rotundatum. Mandibule
apice integra. Oculi mediocres, modice approximati. Palpi labiales
basi approximati. Zabiwm transversum, emarginatum. Mentum tra-
peziforme, basi sensim angustius, ad latera margine elevato. Mazille
lobo interno mutico. Antenne longiuscule, apicem versus crassiores,
art. 3 elongato, 4-10 obconicis, ultimo ovato, apice oblique truncato.
Prothorax transyersus, utrinque rotundatus et tenuiter marginatus,
antice angustior, basi subbisinuatus. Elytra ovata, prothorace basi vix
latiora. Pedes longiusculi; femora sublinearia; tébce paulo curvate,
calcarate ; tarsi lineares, subtus ciliati, postici art. basali elongato, Pro-
sternum productum, in cavitate mesosterni receptum. Corpus elliptico-
ovatum, convexum.

I have long ago received specimens of this insect from M. Deyrolle,
under the name here adopted. As the mesosternum presents no
concavity as in the Strongyline, I have placed it with the Amaryg-
min, with none of whose genera, however, does it seem to have any
very marked affinity. The females appear to be considerably broader
than the males. There are several species, one of them is from Aru.

Dietysus confusus.

D. elliptico-ovatus, fusco-eeneus, nitidus ; elytris striato-punctatis.
Hab. Java.

Elliptic-ovate, dark copper-brown, very glossy, and polished ; head
and prothorax minutely punctured; scutellum triangular; elytra finely
striato-punctate, the punctures narrow and linear, the spaces between
the striz broad and flat; body beneath and legs brown, less shining
than the back ; anterior tarsi with the claw-joint as long as the pre-
ceding joints together. Length 6 lines.

Spheniscus* cyaneus.
S. cyaneus, nitidus; elytris brevibus, in medio obtuse elevatis, grosse et
irregulariter punctatis.
Hab, Amazons.
Entirely dark blue, shining, a little paler on the elytra; head and
prothorax finely punctured, the former with a large fovea between the
eyes, the latter with the sides nearly straight, and with two deep fovez

* Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 421 ; Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 480.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 487

on each side, the first behind the middle, the posterior nearly at the
base and the smaller of the two; scutellum triangular, below the level
of the elytra; elytra obtusely elevated in the middle, irregularly covered
with coarse, deep punctures of varying size ; body beneath and legs steel-
blue, the latter darker, finely punctured; antennze with the 7th joint
obconic, the succeeding ones more or less transverse. Length 8 lines.

Very distinct, on account of its uniform dark-blue colour, from any
of the nineteen species described in M. J. Thomson’s Monograph.

Srvorrum [Strongyliinee ].

Characteres ut in Strongylio; sed oculi minores. Antenne breviuscule,
art. quatuor ultimis transversis, clavam compressam formantibus. Tarst
articulis, duobus ultimis exceptis, dilatatis, art. basali quam sequens
vix longiore, art. ultimo czteris simul sumptis sequali vel longiore.

To these characters it may be added that the three or four basal
joints of the tarsi are fringed with long hairs, and that the onychium
is very distinct. The type is Sinopium variabile, Walker (Strongy-
lium), from Ceylon.

The two following genera of Tenebrionide having been suggested
by M. Lacordaire, I have here given them names.

Acxronoma [ Zopherine }.
Type, Ageonoma diabolica.
Nosoderma diabolicum, Le Conte, Ann, Lyc. New York, v. p. 130.

Differs from Nosoderma in having prothoracic canals for the re-
ception of the antennez, and in the mandibles being entire at the
apex, and from Zopherus in the labium and labial palpi being ex-
posed, the mentum broadest at the base, contracted anteriorly, and.
deeply emarginate at the apex, in the subperfoliate antenne, with
the 11th joint nearly obsolete, the absence of the transverse groove —
on the last abdominal segment, &c. Lacordaire, Gen. v. p. 92.

Zyeas [Adelostominee ].
Type, Zygas cimicordes,
Eurychora cimicoides, Quensel in Schénherr, Syst. Ins. i. p. 137, note,
Differs from Steira in having the third joint of the antenne longer
than the first, and from Zurychora and Pogonobasis in the base of
the elytra being close to the base of the prothorax. Lacordaire,
Gen. v. p. 98, note.

488 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

Sessrnza [Cidemeride ].

This genus, founded on those species of Nacerdes with two spines
to their anterior tibiee, was proposed by me in this Journal in January
1863. M. Léon Fairmaire, in the French ‘ Annales’ for August in
the same year, named the group Ananca, apparently not aware that
it had been previously disposed of.

Ornerecta | Cistelidee].

Caput exsertum, oblongum; clypeus transversus, distinctus. Labrum
magnum, hirsutum. Mandibule apice integre. Oculi prominuli, ob-
liqui. Antenne filiformes, art. 3 et 4 equalibus. Mentum transyersum.
Labium magnum, basi pedunculatum. Palpi mavillares art. ult. cultri-
formi, Jabiales triangulari. Prothorax quadratus, lateribus tenuissime
marginatus, apice modice rotundatus, basi truncatus. Scutellum par-
vum, transversum. lytra connexa, elongato-ovalia, humeris nullis ;
epipleure subyerticales. Pedes mediocres; femora sensim incrassata ;
tibie rectee ; tarsi haud lamelligeri, lineares, postici art. basali elongato.
Coxe antice exsertee, approximate. Prosternum angustissimum, pos-
tice basi latiore. Mesosternwm antice rotundatum. Metasternum nor-
male. Processus interfemoralis quadratus, antice paulo rotundatus.
Abdomen segmentis quinque in utroque sexu.

There are several points of structure common to this and Solier’s
genus Cylindrothorus. The pronotum, however, is quite distinct
from the flanks of the prothorax, although its separation is only
marked by a very delicate line, which is continuous with the ordi-
nary border-line and dips down at the sides, so that the flanks rise
into a gradually narrowing point at each extremity. The penulti-
mate joint of the tarsi is prolonged underneath the claw-joint, but
can scarcely be called lamellate. The labium is almost membranous,
and is attached to the mentum by a broad peduncle. This genus
appears to form the type of a distinct subfamily.

Othelecta torrida. (Pl. XTX. fig. 5.)
O. nigra, nitida ; elytris castaneis, longe et disperse pilosis.
Hab. ’NGami.

Black, shining ; head and prothorax closely punctured, the punctures
small, but deep and distinct, having at the bottom of each a whitish
secretion ; elytra brownish chestnut, oblong-oval, rather pointed behind
and much broader in the female, finely but irregularly and rather re-
motely punctured, and having long, dispersed black erect hairs; body
beneath and legs reddish chestnut, closely punctured, especially on the
femora ; tarsi clothed with close-set black stiffish hairs. Length 7-8
lines.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 489

Meristete [ Cistelide ].

Caput pone oculos paulo constrictum, antice breve; clypeus transversus.
Oculi supra subapproximati, infra distantes. Palpi maxillares articulo
ultimo latissime triangulari. Prothorax subtransversus, convexus, ad
latera rotundatus et tenuiter marginatus, basi sinuatus. Elytra anguste
obovata, humeris obsoletis. Czeteris ut in Tanychilo.

Tanychilus has a well-developed muzzle; this has none at all:
nevertheless, notwithstanding the other characters, there is a con-
siderable general resemblance between the two genera. The type is
Metistete gibbicollis (Tanychilus), Newman (Entom. Mag. vy. p. 489).
T. cistelides of the same author may be another species, but it is un-
known to me.

Homorrysts.
Characteres ut in Allecula ; sed antenne articulo tertio quam primus duplo
longiore, quarto fere equali. Ocul angustati, transversi. Tars? validi,

antici art. basali obconico, duobus sequentibus haud longioribus, trans-
versis.

As Allecula stands at present it is far from being a homogeneous
genus; but taking A. morio as the type, Homotrysis differs in the
form of the eyes, the proportionate length’of the joints of the antenne,
and the shorter and stouter tarsi, and especially of the shorter basal
joints. The type is Homotrysis tristis (Allecula), Germar (Linn.
Ent. i. p. 201). The following species, remarkable for its small
prothorax, has, however, more slender tarsi, which so far weakens the
force of this character.

Homotrysis microderes.
H. nigra, pilosula; prothorace parvo, confertim punctato ; elytris fulvo-
brunneis, striato-punctatis ; tibiis brunnescentibus.
Hab. Victoria.

Slenderer than H, tristes, the elytra being three times the length of
their breadth, and the head and prothorax very much narrower, and
the latter also shorter: these are similarly punctured, but less pilose ;
scutellum black, triangular; elytra striato-punctate, the interstices also
punctured, pale fulvous-brown, except the suture, which is tinged with
black; body beneath, legs, and antennze black and shining’; the tibie,
except at the apex, fulvous-brown. Length 6 lines.

Hyprenta [ Cistelidee ].
Homotrysi affinis ; sed oculi magni, approximati, Prothorax basi elytrorum
arcte applicatus.

The large approximate eyes will also distinguish this genus, inter

°

490 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known

alia, from Jsomira. The four anterior tarsi have all their joints
furnished with lamelle, except of course the claw-joint ; the posterior
have only the penultimate joint lamellate; but these are of scarcely
sufficient importance as generic characters.

Hybrema insularis.
H, brunneo-ferruginea, pube grisea sparsa ; elytris striato-punctatis, uni-
coloribus ; antennis fuscis.
Hab. Lizard Island (Northern Australia).

Brownish ferruginous; the elytra paler, clothed with short sparse
semidecumbent grey hairs; head scarcely longer than broad, the lip
produced; antenne dark brown, slender, about two-thirds the length
of the body; prothorax transverse, truncate at the apex and base,
rounded at the sides, and finely margined, narrower anteriorly, the
posterior angle not produced ; scutellum triangular; elytra oblong-
ovate, the broadest part behind the middle, not broader at the base
than the base of the elytra, striate-punctate, the intervals between the
strize somewhat transversely punctured ; body beneath reddish chestnut,
finely punctured ; legs brownish, with grey hairs. Length 6 lines.

Hybrenia vittata.

Hf, rufo-brunnea, pube griseA sparsa; elytris striato-punctatis, sutura
vittisque duabus viridescentibus; antennis rufescentibus, fusco annu-
latis.

Hab, Port Albany (Northern Australia).

Light reddish brown, with a sparse greyish pubescence ; head and
prothorax as in the last; antenne pale reddish or tawny, all the joints
except the first two, dark brown at the apex; elytra narrower than in
the last, striate-punctate, the intervals between the strize somewhat
transversely punctured, the suture and two dark-greenish stripes on
each, neither of them extending to the apex, and the antenne com-
mencing at some distance from the shotlder; body beneath brownish
chestnut, shining; legs tawny; femora and tibie with a large dark-
brown blotch on each, except on the posterior tibiee. Length 6 lines.

Curomoma [ Cistelidee ].

Caput antice subproductum. Zabrum rotundatum. Mandibule elongate.
Oculi: mediocres, distantes. Palpi mavillares elongati, art. ult. cultri-
formi, labéalium breviter triangulari. Antenne breviuscule, art. primo
gracili, tertio elongato, ceteris obconicis. Prothorav oblongus, fere
parallelus, ad latera tenuiter marginatus, basi truncatus. Elytra pro-
thorace latiora, oblongo-ovata. Pedes mediocres; tibie rectie, valide
calcarate ; tarsi antici et intermedii paulo dilatati, art. ult. duobus
preecedentibus longiore, postici graciles, art. ult. elongato. Prosternwm
elevatum, Mesosternuwm declive. Processus interfemoralis anguste

triangularis.

Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 491

M. Bohemann’s genus Huomma* is, I have no doubt, identical
with my <Apellatus (ante, p. 45), notwithstanding the author ap-
proximating it to Hutrapela, entirely overlooking its pectinated
claws, and the form of the last antennal joint. Huomma has, how-
ever, been long used for a genus of Curculionide ; but as we have
both happened to fix on the same name for the two species we have
respectively described, it becomes necessary to change mine as the
later of the two. I propose, therefore, to call it Apellatus amenus,
M. Bohemann’s retaining that of “lateralis.” Chromomea has much
the same general appearance, but has small eyes, widely apart, and
a differently formed prothorax ; in the latter respect it agrees with
Aithyssiust, but which, inter alia, has a truncate interfemoral pro-
cess. The Cistelide appear to be well represented in Australia,
although few species are published.

Chromomea picta.
C. pallide-flava, subnitida, capite, prothorace, lateribus et regione suturali
elytrorum nigris.
Hab. Queensland.

Pale yellowish, slightly shining; head and prothorax brownish black,
closely and finely punctured ; lip, antennz, and palpi yellowish ; man-
dibles black ; scutellum black, very transverse; elytra striate-punctate,
the punctures approximate, the intervals between the strize rather broad ;
sutural region, sides, and epipleurz black; body beneath glossy black ;

legs yellowish, the apical half of the posterior thighs black. Length
5 lines.

Ioristrena [Lagriidee ]}.

Caput subquadratum, ad angulum posticum rotundatum ; collum angusta-
tatum. Labiwm transversum. Oculi rotundati. Mentum transversum.
Labrum membranaceum, rotundatum, basi pedunculatum. Javille
lobo externo minuto, triangulari. Palpi labiales parvi, apicem versus
incrassati, art. ult. triangulari; palpi mazillares art. ult. securiformi.
Antenne modice elongatze, art. basali elongato, incrassato, 2°, 3° breviori-
bus, ceeteris tertio longioribus, subobconicis, ultimo precedente longiore.
Prothorax late ovatus, antice in collum constrictus, lateribus rotunda-
tus, postice angustior. Llytra oblonga, angustata. Tibie bicalcaratee,
anticee extus spinosz ; ¢ars¢ art. primo elongato, penultimo subbilobo.
Mesosternum angustissimum. Corpus elongatum, hirsutum.

This genus and Diracalla (ante, p. 46), should, I think, form a
separate subfamily among the Lagriide, distinguished by their
rounded eyes, spurred tibie, and peculiar habit, from the more

* Fregat. Hugenies, Ins. p. 101, pl. 2. fig. 1.

t Atractus (MacLeay), Lacord. nec Laporte (see ante, p. 45, norte).
VoL, II. 2N

492 On some new or little-known Coleoptera.

typical Lagrie. Diacalla differs from this genus, inter alia, in the
form of the head and prothorax, in the shorter antenne, in the
greater length and cultriform shape of the external maxillary lobe,
in the longer and cylindrical labial palpi, &c. &c. The spines on the
anterior tibize are almost hidden by the pubescence.

Lctistygna vetula.

I. fusea, elytris pedibusque rufulis. -
Hab, New South Wales.

Dark brown, with a thin greyish pubescence, mixed with long erect
hairs; head and prothorax covered with coarse crowded punctures ;
scutellum quadrate, with a close silvery pubescence; elytra nearly
twice the breadth of the prothorax at the base, dull reddish, shining,
coarsely punctate, the punctures deeply impressed and nearly con-
tiguous, with the intervals very rugose ; body beneath reddish brown
or dark brown, with a greyish pubescence; legs reddish, pubescent ;
antennze about half the length of the body, the second joint a little
shorter than the third. Length 5 lines.

Ietistygna adusta.

I, nigra, elytris pedibusque rufulis, tarsis anticis quam in preecedente lon-
gioribus.
Hab. New South Wales.

Smaller, and more slender than the former, with the head, prothorax,
and antennee black, the second joint of the antennze much shorter than
the third, the anterior tarsi longer and narrower, and the anterior tibiee
less spined on their outer edge. Length 23 lines.

Evcropss { Anthribidee].

Caput infra oculos paulo latius; rostrum transversum, antice truncatum ;
scrobe magna, rotundata. Antenne maris corpore plus duplo longiores,
art. primo brevi crasso, secundo elongato-obconico, reliquis ad nonum
capillaribus, apice nodosis, duobus ultimis brevibus clavam formantibus.
Oculi mediocres, laterales, armati. Prothorac subcylindricus; carina
basi haud parallela, et ad latera vix continuata. lytra cylindrica,
prothorace paulo latiora. Pedes mediocres ; tars? art. basali sequenti-
bus duobus simul sumptis haud longiore.

Most of the characters of this genus are those of Hvwillis*, after
which it may be ranked. It has, however, the head broader below,
so as to form a strong margin round the scrobe, the second antennal
joint elongate and obconic, the ninth entering less decidedly into

Pascoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3. vy. p. 438. See also Lacordaire
Genera, &e. vii. p. 583.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera. 493

the club, and the club itself much shorter, the carina of the pro-
thorax only very slightly prolonged at the sides, and the basal joint
of the tarsi much shorter. The female is stouter and larger, with
antenne scarcely longer than the body. The amount of pubescence
varies according to the individual. For this interesting addition to
the scanty list of Australian Anthribide I am indebted to Mr.
Odewahn.

Euciodes suturalis.

E. nigra, pilis albis sparse induta, preecipue in regione suturali.
Hab. South Australia.

Black, with a slight brassy tinge, sparsely and irregularly covered
with longish chalky-white hairs ; antenne black, the two basal joints
sometimes reddish testaceous ; eyes black, forming a regular arch above
the scrobe; prothorax rounded, and a little narrower anteriorly ; scu-
tellum oblong; elytra punctato-striate, but the striz nearly concealed
by the pubescence ; body beneath with a close white pile; legs black ;
the tibiz reddish testaceous. Length 14-2 lines.

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE XVIII. ‘ Puare XIX.
Fig. 1. Ozolais seruposa. Fig. 1. Enarsus Bakewellit.
9, 2. Cnecosa fulrida. 5, 2. Ennometes Lacordairei.
», 3 Llyxerus asper. » 3 Emypsara Adamsiv.
» 4. Psacus attagenordes. », 4. Atryphodes egerius.
» 9. Antrisis Saundersii. », 0. Othelecta torrida.
,, 6. Intybia guttata. » 6. Byzacnus picticollis.
5, 7 Ochrosanis Dohrnii. » 1. Emeax sculpturatus.
», 8. Idisia ornata. » & Cymbeba dissimilis.

XXXI.— List of described Species of Australian Heteromera.
By Francis P. Pascoz, F.L.S., F.Z.8., &e.

Tue following list of Australian Heteromera contains the names of
96 genera and 270 species. The European Heteromera comprise
about 190 genera and 1200 species. Is there any reason why the
Australian species should not be quite as numerous? As it 1s, the
present list does not enumerate all those now existing in collections :
but the Heteromera, from their general uniformity of colour, have
attracted less attention and are less readily recognized than the
more gaily coloured groups; and this causes many species to be
overlooked by those entomologists to whom the ordinary forms are
2n 2

494 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera.

not familiar. It is to be hoped that this list will draw the onus

of our Australian friends to the subject :—

Fam. Tenebrionide.
Subfam. A SIDIN z&.

Dysarcuvus, Pasce.
D, Odewahnii, Pase.

Subfam. ZoPHERINZ,

ZoPHERoOSIS, Wh.
Z. Georgii, Wh.

Subfam. STENOSIN®.

CoTuLADEs, Pasc.
C. fascicularis, Pase.
— leucospila, Hope.
Exascvs, Pase.
E. brevicornis, Pasce.
— lunatus, Pasc.
Docatts, Pase.

D. exoletus, Pase.
— degener, Pasc.

Subfam. ScauRIN».

EmEAx, Pasc.
E.. sculpturatus, Pasce.

Subfam. PEDININ®.

Priatynotvus, Hope.
P. insularis, Hope.

ONOSTERRHUS, Pasc.
O. levis, Pasc.

Subfam. OPATRINZ.

OpatTruM, Fab.
O. australe, Bois.
— denticolle, Bl.
— vittigerum, Bl.
— preeitarse, Hope.
CESTRINUS, Er.
C. obscurus, Er.
— trivialis, Er.

Captus, Bl.
C. spheroides, Hope.

IsoprERoN, Hope.

I. opatroides, Hope.

Sogpas, Pase.
S. australis, Hope.

Subfam. TRACHYSCELIN&.
Hyocts, Pase.
H. Bakewellii, Pasc.

ScyMENA, Pase.
S. variabilis, Pase.

Ecriests, Pase.
E. pubescens, Pasce.

SPHARGERIS, Pasc.
S. physodes, Pasc.

Subfam. BoLITOPHAGIN.

Byrsax, Pase.
B. Macleay, Pasc.
— egenus, Pase.
InyxErvs, Pase.
I, asper, Pasc.

Subfam. DIAPERINZ.
PLATYDEMA, Lap.
P. tetraspilota, Hope.
Crroprta, Lap. et Br.

C. spectabilis, Lap. et Br.
— peregrina, Pasc.

Subfam. ULoDIN#.

Uxopgs, Er.
U. verrucosa, Er.
— sapphira, Newm.
— varucornis, Hope.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera. 495

Dresaconi, Pasc. HH. Brownti, Kirby.
D. Bakewellii, Pase. — castor, Pase.
— pyritosa, Pasc. — Hopei, De Br.
— ovatus, Guér,
Subfam. ULoMIN &. — Peronii, Bois.
Uxoma, Redt. — falcatus, Pase.
U. depressa, Pase SEE
: . — Macleayi, De Br.
ACHTHOSUS, Pase. — tuberculatus, De Br.
A, Westwoodu, Pasc. — echinatus, Hope.
Toxicum, Latr, — ? Spinole, Hope.
T. punctipenne, Pase. SyMPETES, Pase.
— brevicorne, Pasc. S. Macleayi, Pase.
— tricostellus, Wh.

Subfam. HEL #1N&.
SaRracus, Er.

; ELL&Mvs, Pase. S. levicollis, Fab.
E. gibbosus, De Br.

— submaculatus, De Br.
— Bremei, Hope.

— emarginatus, Guér.
— infelix, Pase.
— interruptus, De Br.

PrEROHELUS, De Br. — Odewahni, Pase.

P. Walkerii, De Br. — Austrahs, Bois.
— piceus, Kirby. — marginellus, Hope.
— insularis, De Br. — tarsalis, Hope.
— pruinosus, Pasc. — simplex, Hope.
— peltatus, De Br. — granulatus, Germ.
— planus, Blessig. — peltatus, Er.
— striato-punctatus, Bois. — wacarinatus, Bois,
— Kollarii, De Br. — subrugosus, De Br.
— agonus, Pasc. — gagates, De Br.
— silphoides, De Br. — rotundatus, De Br.
— servus, Pase. — orbicularis, De Br.
— Reicheti, De Br. — Duboulayi, Pase.
— Guerinii, De Br. — exulans, Pasc.
— parallelus, De Br. — tristis, Germ.
— memnonius, Pase. — brunnipes, De Br.
— bullatus, Pasc. — magister, Pase.

— asidoides, Pasc.

He.zvs, Latr. de fin
— carinatus, De Br.

H. perforatus, Latr.
— Kirbyit, De Br.
— Spencei, De Br. Ospipus, Pase.
— colossus, De Br. O. chrysomeloides, Pasc.

— elongatus, De Br.

— princeps, Hope.
— moniliferus, Pase.
— consularis, Pasc. Cossypuvs, Ol.
— intermedius, De Br. C. Odewahnii, Pasc.

Subfam. CossyPHIN&.

496 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera.

Subfam. TENEBRIONIN®.

NycrosaTEs, Guér.
N. crenatus, Bois.
— angulatus, Ey.
— orcus, Pasc.
— feronioides, Pase.
BaRryscELts (Bois.).
B. australis, Bois.

Uris, Fab.
U. eylindricus, Germ.

Menepuiuvs, Mauls.
M. longipennis, Hope.
— convexiusculus, Hope.
— humilis, Ev.
— colydioides, Ex.
— corvinus, Ex.
— nigerrimus, Bl.
Dercutvs, Pasc.
D. aphodioides, Pase.

SyneRcTIcus, Newm.

S. heteromerus, Newm.
— piceus, Pase.

Subfam. Cy PHALEIN®.

CYPHALEUS, Westw.
C. formosus, Westw.
— wopterus, Westw.
— aterrimus, G. R. Gray.
— insignitus, Pasc.
PLATYPHANES, Westw.

P. gibbosus, Westw.
— ? vittatus, Westw.
— cyaneus, Westw.

OrREMASIS, Pase.
O. cupreus, G. R. Gray.

LycGestirma, Pasc.
L. simplex, Westw.
JHARTOPTERYX, Westw.
C. Childrenii, W estw.
— hinodosa, Pasc.

OLIsTHmENA, Er,
O. nitida, Er.

LEpPIsPitus, Westw.
L. sulcicollis, Bois.

Subfam. CNODALIN &.

CHARIOTHECA, Pasce.
C. amaroides, Pase.

Damartris, Lap.

D,. Reaumuri, Lap.
— sumptuosa, Hope.

CAMPOLENE, Pasc.
C. nitida, Pase.

Subfam. HELOPINZ#.

ATRYPHODES, Pase.
A, Walckenaeri, Hope.
— Kirbyii, Sol.
— Maceleayi, Pasc.
— aratus, Pase.
— errans, Pase.
— egerius, Pase.

OrrIntTUs, Pasc.
O. Behrii, Germ.

ADELIvy, Kirby.
A. porcatum, Fab.
— angulare, Pase.
— angulicolle, Lap.
— succisum, Pase.
— vicarium, Pase.
— congestum, Pase.
— tenebrioides, Er.
— brevicorne, Blessig.
— obesum, Pase.
— auratum, Pase.
— striatum, Pase.
— calosomoides, Kirby.
— helopoides, Bois.
— licinoides, Kirby.
— latum, Pasc.

CoriPERa, Pasce.
C. deplanata, Bois.

Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera.

SEIROTRANA, Pasc.
S. catenulata, Bois.
CyMBEBA, Pasc.
C. dissimilis, Pasc.
Omo.tipvus, Pase.
O. corvus, Pase.
— socius, Pase.
ARCOTHYMUS, Pase.
A, cenosus, Pase.
Mrmopevs, Pasc.
M. amaroides, Pasce.

Subfam. AMARYGMINZ.

Amaryemvs, Dalm.
A, cupreus, Fab.
— tristis, Fab.
— bicolor, Fab.
— smaragdulus, Fab.
— amethystinus, Fab.
— viridicollis, MacLeay.
— velutinus, Macleay.
— nigritarsis, Pasc.
— columbinus, Bois.
— resplendens, Bois.
— longipennis, Hope.
— cupripennis, Hope.
— cupricollis, Hope.
— puncticollis, Hope.
— sulcipennis, Hope.
— picicornis, Hope.
— cyanipennis, Hope.
— anthracinus, Hope.
— purpureus, Germ.
— fervens, Germ.
— fastuosus, Germ.
— fulvitarsis, Pase.
— convexus, Pasc.
— iridicolor, Blessig.
— variabilis, Blessig.
— affine, Blessig.
— levicollis, Blessig.

Subfam. STRONG YLIN &.

CHOLIPUS, Pasc.
C. brevicornis, Pasc.

Srroneyiium, Kirby.
S. Macleayi, Pase.

Fam. Cistelide.
/Eruyssivs, Pase.

AL, viridis, Bois.

Tanycuiuvs, Newm.

T. striatus, Newm.
METISTETE, Pasc.

M. gibbicollis, Newm.

ALLECULA, Fab.

A, morio, Fab.
Homortrysis, Pasce.

H. tristis, Germ.

— microderes, Pasc.

— ? fuscipennis, Blessig.
Hyprantia, Pasce.

H. insularis, Pase.

— vittata, Pasc.
APELLATUS, Pasce.

A, lateralis, Bohem.

— amenus, Pasc.
CHROMOMZA, Pasc.

C. picta, Pase.

Fam. Lagriide.
Laartia, Fab.
L. grandis, Schon.
— tomentosa, Fab.
— rufescens, Bois.
DracaL1a, Pase.
D. infelix, Pase.
Ictisty@na, Pasce.
I, vetula, Pase.
— adusta, Pase.
EvuTRAPELA, Bl.
E. Australica, Bohem.

Fam. Pedilide.
XYLOPHILUS, Latr.
X. fasciatus, Bohem.

497

498 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Australian Heteromera.

Fam. Anthicide.

Noroxvs, Geoffr.
N. Australasia, Laf.

Mecynortarsvs, Laf.
M. albulus, Pase.

Formicomus, Laf.
EF’. eyaneus, Hope.
— senex, Laf.

TomopERvs, Laf.
T. vinctus, Er.

ANTuICUS, Payk.
AL. stictus, Ey.
— comptus, Laf.
— crassipes, Laf.

Fam. Pyrochroide.

Lremopes, Bohem.
LL. coceineus, Bohem.

Fam. Mordellide.

MorpeE.ra, Linn.

M. mixta, Fab.

— 10-guttata, Fab.

— Australis, Bois.

— tomentosa, Bois.

— leucostictica, Germ.

— exilis, Germ.

— albosignata, Bohem.

Fam. Rhipiphoride.

TRIGONODERA, Gerst.

T. nuda, Gerst.

— conreicollis, Lap.

— senilis, Gerst.

— lutea, Gerst.

— sericea, Gerst.

EvctTenta, Gerst.

E.. sericea, Gerst.

EVANIOCERA, Guér.

EL. pruinosa, Gerst.
— nervosa, Gerst.

Emenant, L, de Cast.
E. nove-hollandiea, Gerst.
— tricolor, Fab.
— maculicollis, Bohem.

Nepunriris, Shuck.
N. nitidus, Shuck. oe
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+
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Fam. Cantharide.

PaLtmstTRA, Lap.
P. rufipennis, L. de Cast.

TMESIDERA, Westw.
T. rufipennis, Westw.
— violacea, Hope.
— assimilis, Hope.
— ruficollis, Hope.
Zonit1s, Fab.
Z. rostratus, Blessig.
— cyanipennis, Pase.
— dichroa, Germ.
— tricolor, Le Guillon.
Srraripa, White.
S. Hopei, White.

GorTYMES, Pasce.
G. flavicormis, Pase.

Fam. @demeride.

Aaasma, Newm.
A, semicrudum, Newm.

SESSINIA, Pase.
S. livida, Fab.
— lineata, Fab.
— punctata, MacLeay.
— bivittata, Bois.
— luctuosa, Bois.
— australis, Bois.
— brevicornis, Bois.
— ngro-vittata, Bohem.

ASCLERA, Schmidt.
A. mansueta, Newm.

Mr. R. McLachlan on a new Species of Corydalis. 499

SELENOPALPUS, White. P. atratus, Guér.
S.? eneus, Fab. — hemopterus, Guér.
PsEUDOLYCUS, Guér. DourntA, Newm.
P. hemorrhoidalis, Fab. D. miranda, Newm.

— cinctus, Guér.

XXXII.— Description of a new Neuropterous Insect belonging to the
genus Corydalis, Latreille. By R. M°Lacuuayn, F.L.S.

Corydalis Hecate.

Plate XX. fig. 1,3; la, anal appendices, from above; 1, ditto, from

the side ; fig. 2,9.

C. brunnea; capite supra et infra ruguloso, marginibus lateralibus fere
rectis, dente subacuto instructis; mandibulis in ¢ @ fere sequalibus,
capite brevioribus, intus sub apice tridentatis; antennis gracilibus,
testaceis; prothorace levi, supra convexo, lateribus parallelis; alis
do fuliginoso-subhyalinis, 9 cinereo-subhyalinis (anticis basin versus
pallidioribus), areolis costalibus nonnullis apicem versus, spatio longo
in area subcostali et maculis parvis in cellulis (in posticis minus nume-
rosis) albidis, venis longitudinalibus rufo-brunneis, venulis transver-
salibus nigricantibus; pedibus pallide rufo-brunneis; ¢ appendicibus
superioribus elongatis, ad basin dilatatis.

Long. corp. ¢ 1” 9”, 9 3" 0"; exp. alar. f 4” 5’, 2 5” 9”.

Habitat in Brasilia.

Brown. Head roughened above and below, the sides nearly straight
and furnished with a somewhat sharp tooth at the lower angle. -An-
tenne slender, testaceous. Mandibles nearly similar in both sexes, shorter
than the head, reddish brown, darker at the tips; furnished internally
with three teeth below the apex, the inner the smallest. yes dark
shining olive-green. Ocelli yellow. Palpi blackish.

Prothoraz longer than broad, strongly convex above, smooth, the sides
parallel. Mesothorax subcordate. Metathorax transversely quadrate,
the hinder margin sinuated; a rather deep depression in the middle
posteriorly.

Wings smoky in the male, cinereous in the female, in which latter sex
the anterior pair are decidedly paler towards the base; some of the
costal areolets towards the apex, a long space in the subcostal area,
two or three rather large spots below this space (more conspicuous
in the male), and small dots in the cellules (few and little evident
in the posterior wings) whitish; longitudinal veins reddish brown ;
transverse nervules not very numerous, conspicuously blackish.

Legs pale reddish brown, somewhat obscure at the tips of the tibie.

Abdomen brown.

Anal appendices of the male reddish brown ; the superior pair long,

500 Mr. R. M¢Lachlan on a new Species of Corydalis.

dilated at the base, the apex slender, and curved downwards and

slightly inwards; inferior pair rather shorter than the superior, sub-

cylindrical, obtuse, curved strongly inwards.

I obtained a pair of this magnificent insect from the late M.
Deyrolle. They are from Brazil, but I am unable to indicate any
more exact locality. The female exceeds in size any described
species of the genus. Distinct from all previously described species,
with short mandibles in the male. C. nubila, Erichson (Schom-
burgk’s Reisen in Brit. Guiana, vol. iii.), perhaps somewhat resem-
bles it, but is very much smaller, and has the antenne black for
two-thirds of their length. Five undescribed species from South
America are noticed, by name only, in the Appendix to Hagen’s
‘Synopsis of the North American Neuroptera’ (p. 321); but of these
I possess no information.

In all branches of entomology we are constantly reminded of the
uncertainty that attends our attempts to fix generic characters on
some striking peculiarity; for experience frequently proves that the
character which at first seemed most forcibly generic, is in reality
only specific, and demonstrates the impossibility of fixing any general
laws to govern generic division. The genus Corydalis is in this case.
Formed by Latreille for the reception of the Raphidia cornuta of
Linneus, the enormous cornuted mandibles of the male seemed to
point emphatically to that character as generic ; but further materials
have shown that it is merely specific: numerous gradations occur in
species, which otherwise so precisely agree that they could not rea-
sonably be generically differentiated.

Corydalis belongs to the limited family Sialde, differing from
Sialis in the possession of ocelli, in the structure of the tarsi, and in
the position of the wings in repose, but closely allied to Chauliodes,
in which genus the antenne of the males are pectinated or serrated,
and the prothorax is broader. Whether the genus Hermes of G. R.
Gray can justly retain its position as distinct from Chauliodes, is a
matter of opinion; the structure of the antennse appears to present
most undoubted gradations *.

* Chloroperla prasina, Newman (Zoologist, vol. iii. p. 853, 2), from New Zea-
land, has been wrongly placed in Hermes by Walker (Cat. Brit. Mus. Neurop.
pt. ii. p. 206, 10). It undoubtedly pertains to the Perléde, in which family it
was originally located.

INDEX TO VOL. IT.

AcurHosus, 42—Westwoodii, 43.

Acmastes, '76—Haroldii, 78.

Acmocera ferruginosa, 274—triangu-
laris, 273.

Acropis aspera, 84.

Acrothinium, 441.

Additions to the Longicornia of South
Africa, 270. ¢

Adeliuwm augurale, 480—auratum, 481
—congestum, 482—latum, 482—obe-
sum, 481—striatum, 481—succisum,
481—-vicarium, 481.

Adesmia eburnea, 449.

Adorium dorsosignatum, 258 — Fryii,
258—letabile, 259—seminigrum, 258.

Adoxine, 146.

Adoxus, 149.

AXsiotes, 422—notabilis, 422.

Aisiotyche, 370—favosa, 370.

/Athiora, 369—fuliginea, 369.

Aithyssins, 45, 491.

Agabus Bakewellii, 19 — decempunc-
tatus, 19—latissimus, 18—lugubris,
19— octodecim-maculatus, 19—par-
vulus, 19—reticulosus, 19—spilopte-
rus, 18—Tasmaniz, 18.

Aganisthos Cadmus, 335— Orion, 335.

Agapanthia Cardui, 110.

Agapete Krueslere, 241.

Agenia abdominalis, 265—annulata, 266
—aulica, 267—femorata, 265—mani-
festata, 264—nobilitata, 264—polisti-
formis, 266—ruficeps, 265 —sangui-
nolenta, 264—viridis, 266—volatilis,
265.

Ageonoma, 488—diabolicum, 488.

Ageronia Alicia, 312—Amphinoma, 314:
—Arethusa, 314—Arinome, 314—
Belladonna, 313— Chloé, 312—Fe-
rentina, 312—Feronia, 312—velu-
tina, 315.

Agraulis Andicola 187 (note)—Juno,
187—Lucinas, 187— Vanilla, 187.
Agrias Hewitsonius, 339—Pericles, 338
— Phaleidon, 338 — Sardanapalus,

337.

Akiptera, 240—Waterhousii, 239.

Alphitopola ficivora, 283—intricata, 283.

Alymon, 484—prolatus, 484.

Amarygmus conyvexus, 485—nigritarsis,
485—tarsalis, 485.

Amazon ~ Valley, Contributions to an
Insect Fauna of the, 171, 311.

Ameipsis, 354—marginicollis, 354.

Ametrocephala wira, 367.

Anarmostes bicolor, 89—laticollis, 89.

Anartia Amalthea,193—Jatropha,193.

Antigonis Felderi, 210—Pharsalia, 210.

Antrisis, 44’7—Saundersii, 448.

Aoria, 149.

Apatura Agathina, 333—Selina, 334.

Apellatus, 45—ameenus, 491—lateralis,
45.

Aphela, 416—helopoides, 417.

Aphthona, 377.

Apodasya 54— pilosa, 54.

Apolepis, 161—aspera, 161.

Apomempsis (note), 278—bufo, 278.

Aposites, 363—macilentus, 364.

Aproida, 55—Balyi, 55.

Arcothymus, 476—ccenosus, 476.

Aromagis, 421 —echinata, 422.

Asia, Cicindelid of Tropical, 57.

Asphera, 377, 379—decipiens, 380—
fallax, 380—marginata, 380—subfas-
ciata, 380.

Aspicela, 377, 379—Balyi, 381—discoi-
dalis, 381.

Aspidomorpha fraterna, 11—hexaspi-
lota, 10—Stevensii, 11.

Asytesta, 426—humeralis, 426—maura,
432—vittata, 431.

Atryphodes aratus, 479—egerius, 478—
errans, 479—Macleayi, 478.

Attempt at a Classification of the Eu-
molpide, 143.

Atybe, 281—Plantii, 381.

Atychoria, 415—funesta, 416.

Atyscus, 140—argutus, 140--squalidus,
140.

Aulacolepis, 163—Mouhoti, 163.

Aulexis, 153—nigricollis, 154.

Auloniwm angustatum, 86—egens, 88—
hebes, 88—ignotum, 87—oblitum, 87
—prepositum, 88—subleve, 87.

Australasia, Dytiscide and Gyrinide,

14, 214.

Australian. Description of New Phy-

502

tophaga, 247 ; Note on the Species of
Clytus, 245 ; Heteromera list of de-
seribed Species of, 493 ; Description
of some new Longicornia, 228;
second series, 352.

Australica paropsoides, 251—pyrrhoce-
phala, 251.

Axiotheata, 376, 382.

Balanomorpha, 377.

Baly, J.S. An attempt at a Classifica-
tion of the Eumolpide, 143, 433;
descriptions of new species of Cas-
side, 6; descriptions of new genera
and species of Eumolpide, 219; de-
scriptions of the species belonging to
the genus Paropsis, 291.

Bates, H.W. Contributions to an Insect
Fauna of the Amazon Valley, 175,
311.

Batrachomatus, 15—Wingii, 15.

Bebius, 369—filiformis, 370.

Biasmia, 271—guttata, 271.

Bitoma jejuna, 82—pauxilla, 81—
socialis, 81.

Blabinotus spinicollis, 102.

Blepiarda, 430—lophotes, 432—undu-
lata, 430.

Bothrideres insularis, 136 ; latus, 93—
marginatus, 136— nocturnus, 35 —
rhysodoides, 35—succineus, 93.

Bothynoptera, 75—dorsigera, 76.

Brazilian Pompilide, descriptions of
new species of, 263.

Brevicolaspis, 154.

Bromius,439—Bohemani, 220—evanes-
cens, 220—Hebe, 220—Phillipinensis,
219.

Bupala, 125—pullata, 125.

Byrsax, egenus, 459—Macleayi, 459.

Byzacnus, 469—picticollis, 470.

Cacoscelis, 378, 406—bicolorata, 408—
ceruleipennis, 407 — clythreformis,
407—famelica, 406—Feldneri, 406—
fervida, 406—fimbriata, 408—fiava,
407—marginata, 406 — nigripennis,
408—testacea, 406, 407.

Ceporis, 378, 398—marginata, 399—
subcostata, 399.

Callicore Clymena, 206.

Callidium pusillum, 106 — pygmeun,
106—rusticum, 103—bajulus, 100.
Callithea Batesii, 211—DeGandii, 211
—Leprieurti, 211 — Markit, 211—

Sapphira, 211.

Callizona Aceste, 212.

Calomorpha, 440.

Calopepla Mouhoti, 7.

Caloscelis, 378, 408—azureipennis, 409.

Campolene, 44—nitida, 44.

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INDEX.

Canarian Longicorns, 99.

Caprodes, 126—asper, 126.

Carabide, descriptions of four new
genera of, 74,

Cassidide, descriptions of new species _
of, 6; list of, collected by the late M.
Mouhot in Siam and Cambodia, 13.

Catagramma Amazona, 209—Astarte,
207— Cyllene, 207-— Cynosura, 208—
Eunomia, 206—excelsior, 209—Miles,
207—Peristera, 206—Texa, 207.

Catalogue of Halticidz, a continuation
of British Museum Catalogue, 163.

Catypnes Macleayi, 244.

Cebia, 125—rugosa, 125.

Celina australis, 14.

Cephalodesmius laticollis, 27.

Cerambyx albidus, 109—annulicornis,
108 — bajulus, 100 —Cardu, 110 —
rusticus, 108.

Ceresium ? modestum, 237.

Ceropales agilis, 269—crassicornis, 269
—luctuosus, 269.

Ceropria peregrina, 460.

Cerylon humile, 99—punctipenne, 142
—pusillum, 142.

Chalcolampra verrucosa, 250.

Chalcomela pilula, 251.

Chaodalis, 366—Macleayi, 367.

Cholipus, 471—brevicornis, 472—pune-
tipennis, 472.

Chorites aspis, 189—latus, 139—ob-
longus, 139.

Chreostes, 274—ephippiatus, 275.

Chromomea, 490—picta, 491.

Chrysochus Mouhoti, 222.

Chrysodina, 221—igneicollis, 221.

Chrysopa opposita, 113.

Cicindela araneipes, 57—craspedota, 59
—discreta, 59—foveolata, 59—lacry-
mans, 57—placida, 60 — punctatis-
sima, 58—pupillata, 60.

Cicindelidse, contributions to the know-
ledge of the, of Tropical Asia, 57.
Clamophora, 377, 383—clypeata, 384—
generosa, 384—sangufnicollis, 384.
Clark, Rev. H. Descriptions of new
Australian Phytophaga, 247; Dyti-
scide and Gyrinide of Australasia,
14, 214; Halticide, catalogue of, 163;

Halticide of South America, 375.

Clidicus formicarius, 28.

Clisithera, 220—nigricornis, 221.

Clytus griseus, 106 — Webbii, 105;
note on the Australian species of, 245.

Cnecosa, 446—fulvida, 44:7.

Colenis, 186—Dido, 186—Julia, 186
—Pherusa, 186.

Coleoptera, notices of new or little-
known genera and species of, 26, 443.

Collyris plicata, 61—speciosa, 62.

INDEX.

Colobicus conformis, 124 — limbatus,
124 — parilis, 123 — rugosulus, 123
(note).

Colydiide, list of, collected in the Ama-
zons Valley, 79; list of, collected in
the Indian Islands, 121.

Colymbetes adumbratus, 17—australis,
17—discicollis, 17 — Fabricii, 17 —
lanceolatus, 16 — monostegina, 17 —
notatus, 17—pacificus, 17—pulcher,
16—suturalis, 17—varius, 17.

Coniophea, 90—exarata, 91.

Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the
Amazons Valley, 175, 311.

Copelatus, 19 — acuductus, 21 — Au-
stralize,20—simplex,21— Victorie,22.

Coptocycla flavoplagiata, 12.

Coripera, 483—deplanata, 483.

Cormia, 281—ingrata, 282.

Corrhenes, 355—guttulata, 355.

Corycia, 221—funesta, 222.

Corydalis, description of a new Neu-
ropterous Insect belonging to the
genus, 499 ; Hecate, 499.

Cossyphus Odewahnii, 468.

Crepidodera, 377.

Crine, 29—cephalotes, 31.

Criocephalus pinetorum, 103—vusticus,
103.

Crioceris fusco-maculata, 249—wmulti-
punctata, 249,

Criodule, 290—strigata, 291.

Curculionide, on some new genera of,
413.

Cybdelis Capenas, 201—Castalia, 199
—Pharsalia, 210.

Cychrea, 222—histrio, 222.

Cymbeba, 483—dissimilis, 484.

Cyno, 350—mordicans, 350.

Cyphagogus advena, 48.

Cyrtotyche, 469—Satanas, 469.

Cystineura Tocantina, 317.

Cyrtospherus, 377, 386—ferrugineus,
386.

Damelia, 255—Marshalli, 256.

Dastarcus confinis, 137—pusillus, 137
—vetustus, 137.

Dechius, 455—aphodioides, 455.

Demotina, 158—Bowringii, 159—scu-
tellata, 159.

Depsages, 359—granulosa, 359.

Diacalla, 46—comata, 46.

Diatelium, 27—Wallacei, 27.

Dibolia, 377.

Dicranocephalus, additions to the
genus, 23.

Dicranocephalus Adamsii, 25 — Bow-
ringii, 25— Wallichii, 25.

Dictyneis, 434—pulvinotus, 435.

Didonis Biblis, 316.

503

Didymocantha cylindricollis, 369.

Dietysus, 486—confusus, 486.

Diphaulaca, 377, 386—apicalis, 388—
costulata, 387—dimidiata, 388—ery-
throdera, 387 — marginata, 388 —
nigro-apicata, 388 — rubens, 387 —
sulcata, 386—viridipennis, 387.

Discoloma orbicularis, 98—paulla, 98.

Disonycha, 378, 401—adumbrata, 401
—trifasciata, 401—viridipennis, 402.

Distaphyla Batesii, 83—mammillaris,
83—speculifera, 84.

Drepanepteryx binocula, 115—humilis,
116—instabilis, 115.

Dysarchus, 449—Odewahnii, 449.

Dytiscide and Gyrinide of Australasia,
14, 214.

Earinis, 240—mimula, 241.

Eba, 129—cerylonoides, 129.

Ecripsis, 456—pubescens, 456.

Ectima Iona, 212—Liria, 212.

Egrius, 428—camelus, 428.

Elithiotes, 279—hirsuta, 280.

Elixota, 475—cuprea, 475.

Emeax, 450—sculpturatus, 450.

Emphreus, 274—ferruginosus, 274.

Emypsara, 460 — Adamsii, 461 — flex-
uosa, 461.

Enarsus, 444—Bakewellii, 445.

Endestes, 91—incilis, 92.

Enhydrus assimilis, 217—Howittii, 215
—latior, 217—oblongus, 219—Reichii,
216—rivularis, 218.

Ennometes, 445—Lacordairei, 445.

Epicalia Acontius, 202—ancea, 202—
Antinoé, 202— Batesii, 201—Cape-
nas, 201— Hewitsonii, 201— Numilia,
202— Salacia, 208.

Epistictia Parryi, 8—perplexa, 7.

Eratosthenes, 261—flavus, 261.

Hresia Aveyrona, 192—Clara, 192—
Eunice, 191 — Nauplia, 192 — Oli-
vencia, 191.

Eriphyle, 222—bipartita, 351—circum-
cincta, 351—rectilineata, 352—rufo-
vittata, 351—unimaculata, 222.

Eroschema atricolle, 365.

Erythrus? Bowringii, 52—congruus, 51.

Eryxia, 437— Baikii, 437.

Ethemaia, 417 — adusta, 418 — sellata,
418.

Eubagis Agacles, 320—Amplias, 323—
Anubis, 321—Arene, 327—Athemon,
322—Chryseis, 322—Canus, 321—
Decima, 323—Lyrchia, 322—Glauce,
324—Leucothea, 320—Neoris, 324—
Onias, 325—Paulina, 325—Perpetua,
326—Persis, 327—postverta, 325—
Racidula, 323— Sara, 324 — Serina,
325—vicaria, 323—Zenobia, 326.

504

Huciodes, 492—suturalis, 498.

Eucyrtus, 473.

Eumolpide, an attempt at a classifica-
tion of the, 143, 4383; new genera
and species of, 219.

Eumolpidarum, sp. nove, 347.

Eunidia fulva, 283—timida, 283.

Euporus callichromoides, 288 — igni-
collis, 287.

Euptoieta Hegesia, 188.

Eunica Amelia, 199—Anna, 195—Be-
china, 197— Celina, 197 — Caresa,
197—Careta, 197—Celma, 197— Ci-
nara, 197—Concordia, 196—Eurota,
199—Evelide 197 (note) — Malvina,
195—WUygdonia, 196—Orphise, 199
—Phasis, 195—pusilla, 198—Sopho-
nisba, 200 —Veronica, 198 — viola,
UG},

Eurychora cimicoides, 487.

Febra, 261—venusta, 262.
Fidia, 1583—lurida, 153.

Galleruca semipullata, 257.
Gauromaia, 473—dives, 474.
Gempylodes, 132—macer, 133.
Glyptoscelis, 436—eneipennis, 436.
Gnesis, 477—helopioides, 478.
Goétymes, 477—flavicornis, 48.
Gracilia pygmea, 106.
Graptodera, 376.

Gynecia Dirce, 212.

Habrophora, 155.

Hagesata, 275—Foxcroftii, 276.

Halticide of South America, 375 ; cata-
logue of, 163.

Hebesecis antennata, 353 — Germari,
352.

Hecyra frontalis, 272.

Heleus castor, 464—consularis, 463—
faleatus, 464—moniliferus, 463.

Hemicyclus punctulatus, 472.

Hemiplatys, 160—Pascoei, 160.

Hesperophanes roridus, 105 — senex,
104.

Heterochroa Basilea, 331—Basiloides,
332 (note) — Celerio, 3830 — Cocala,
333— Cytherea, 333—Erotia, 332—
Iphicla, 331—Lerna, 332—Melona,
332 — Mesentina, 333 — Nea, 332
— Paraéna, 331 — Plesaure, 333 —
Thoasa, 330.

Heteromera, list of described species of
Australian, 493.

Homemota, 371—basalis, 372.

Homotrysis, 489—microderes, 489.

Hyagnis, 280—fistularius, 280.

Hyberis araneiformis, 139— Wallacei,
139.

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INDEX.

Hybrenia, 489—insularis, 490—vittata,
490.

Hyderodes Shuckardit, 22.

Hyllisia, 285—stenideoides, 285.

Hylotrupes bajulus, 100.

Hyocis, 457—Bakewellii, 457.

Hyomora, 421—porcella, 421.

Hypna Clytemnestra, 339.

Ictistygna, 491—adusta, 492—vetula,
442.

Idactus, 273—tridens, 274.

Idisia, 452—ornata, 452.

Ilacuris, 425—laticollis, 425.

Illestus, 33—terrenus, 33.

llyxerus, 458—asper, 458.

pa teee 276—capito, 276—fatidicus,
276.

Intybia, 448—guttata, 448.

Iphias Borneensis, 3—Celebensis, 3—
glaucippe, 2—Javanensis, 3 — deu-
cippe, 4—leucogynia, 4—Philippensis,
3—sulphurea, 5—Timoriensis, 3.

Iphiastus, 357—heros, 357.

Ipsaphes, 39—meerosus, 40.

Irenytha, 84—sosyloides, 85.

Isalium Odewahnii, 235.

Isarida, 456—testacea, 456.

Isax, 429 —gallinago, 429.

Isse, 272—punctata, 272.

Itheum, 230—lineare, 230—vittigerum,
230.

Ithris, 184—decisa, 134.

Junonia Lavinia, 194.

Lacpatica, 376, 395.

Lactica, 376, 395—azureipennis, 396—
basalis, 397— marginata, 396 —pal-
lida, 397 — quadrimaculata, 395 —
seminigra, 397—sponsa, 396—tibialis,
396—violaceipennis, 396.

Lamia granulosa, 359.

Leiopomis, 376.

Leperina turbata, 29.

Lepina, 161—inconspicua, 162.

Lepronida, 221—Batesii, 221.

Leprosoma gibbum, 107.

Leprotes, 158—gracilicornis, 158.

List of the Cassidide collected by M.
Mouhot in Siam and Cambodia, 18 ;
of Cicindelide from Tropical Asia,
57; of Colydiide collected in the
Amazons Valley, 79; of Colydiide
collected in the Indian Islands, 121 ;
of described species of Australian
Heteromera, 493.

Litosonycha, 377 — adumbrata, 382 —
bifasciata, 382—nigripennis, 381—
quadrimaculata, 382.

Longicorn Beetle, new species of, 117.

INDEX,

Longicornia of South Africa, &e., addi-
tions to, 270; new Australian, 223 ;
second series, 352.

Lophea, 441—melancholica, 442.

Libythina, 200—Cuvierti, 200.

Lygesis, 369—cylindricollis, 369.

Lygestira, 470—funerea, 471.

Lypesthes, 152.

Lysestia, 364 — morio, 365 — rotundi-
collis, 365.

Machlotes, 36—incisus, 135—porcatus,
36.

M‘Lachlan, R. On some new species of
Neuropterous Insects from Australia
and New Zealand, 111; description of
a new Neuropterous Insect belonging
to the genus Corydalis, 499.

Macrotoma papyria, 244 — servilis,
49

Mallodon cephalotes, 242 — jejunum,
2483—Odewahnii, 242.

Marseeus, 252—Didymus, 253—flavus,
255—nigro-cyaneus, 253—ruficollis,
254—rufo-flavus, 255—rufus, 253—
simplex, 254—vittatus, 253.

Marshall, Rev. T. A. Eumolpidarum
Species nove, 347.

Mecynodera Balyi, 248.

Megistanis Beotus, 339— Deucalion,
339.

Melitea Amazonica, 190—Cocyta, 189
(note) —fragilis, 189 — Liriope, 188
Pastazena, 189 (note).

Menippus, 257—Cynicus, 257.

Metatyges, 424—turritus, 424.

Metaxis, 157—sellata, 157.

Methypora, 416—postica, 416.

Metistete, 489—gibbicollis, 490.

Metopiestes, 38—castaneus, 135—ero-
sus, 185—hirtifrons, 38.

Microtragus, 360, @ (note, 362) —
Arachne, 361—eremita, 362, 7 (note,
362) —Mormon, 361, p (note, 362)—
Waterhousei, 229.

Migdolus, 120—Fryanus, 120.

Mimopeus, 477—amaroides, 477.

Minthea, 97 — dentata, 141 — similata,
141—squamigera, 97.

Monochamus ovinus, 228.

Monomacra, 376.

Mormosintes, 429—rubus, 429.

Morpho Achilles, 345—Cisseis, 344—
Deidamia, 345—Hecuba, 344—Me-
nelaus, 344—Neoptolemus, 345—Ne-
stira, 345—Rhetenor, 346—Telema-
chus, 344—Uraneis, 346.

Mouhot, Cassididee collected by, in Siam
and Cambodia, 13.

Myochrous, 435—immundus, 435.

Myossita, 418—rufula, 418.

Myrtesis, 430—caligata, 431.
Mystrosa, 239—rubiginea, 239.

Narcisa, 28—decidua, 28.

Nautes, 475—fervidus, 476.

Neculla, 152—pollinaria, 152.

Nematidium filiforme, 92—mustela, 34,
92—posticum, 133.

Nephrella, 155—elongata, 155.

Nica sylvestris, 204.

Niphona torosa, 223.

Nonyma, 270—egregia, 271.

Nosoderma diabolicum, 487.

Note on the Australian species of Clytus,
245.

Notices of new or little-known genera
and species of Coleoptera, 26, 443.
Notoclea, 291—atomaria, 300—lutea,
304— maculata, 301—reticulata, 299

—variolosa, 293.

Notocyphus vindex, 268.

Notozona, 378, 409— elegans, 411—
humilis, 412—macularia, 510—mar-
morata, 410—novem-maculata, 411
—14-maculata, 410—rufo-fusea, 412
— sanguinea, 412 — sparsa, 411 —
tenella, 412—transverse-notata, 411.

Nyctobates feronioides, 453 — Orcus,
453.

Nymphalis Amphitoé, 337—Demodice,
335— Glauce 342— Glaucone, 342—
Leuctra, 342.

Obrida, 360 (note)—comata, 50.

Obrium dorsale, 237—minutum, 106—
tripartitum, 238.

Ocholissa, 85 — leta, 85 — humeralis,
133.

Ochrosanis, 448—Dohrnii, 444.

Ocnoscelis, 376.

Octogonotes, 376.

(Hax, 273—triangularis, 278.

Cdionychis, 376.

Olina Emilia, 317—Mariana, 316.

Omophena, 230—Kruesleri, 231.

Omophoita, 376.

Onosterrhus, 451—leevis, 451.

Opsidota, 285—infecta, 236.

Opsies, 278—capra, 279.

Ora,377—Chevrolatii, 385—Grayii, 385.

Oremasis, 470.

Orieethus, 277—longicornis, 277.

Osmylus ? incisus, 112—pallidus, 113.

Ospidus, 467—chrysomeloides, 468.

Ossiporis, 450—terrena, 451.

Othelecta, 488—torrida, 488.

Otrintus, 483— Behrii, 483.

Oxygonus, 377, 390—adumbratus, 392
— exornatus, 391 — fusco-maculatus,
394 — interruptus, 391 — luridulus,
393—nigripennis, 393—rubidus, 392

506

-—sex-notatus, 394—simplex, 393—
succinctus, 391—violaceipennis, 391.
Oxypleurus pinicola, 102.
Ozolais, 457—scruposa, 458.

Pachnephorus, 486—tessellatus, 437.

Palopoda, 376.

Pandora prola, 212—regina, 213.

Paphia Basilia, 341—Eribotes, 340—
Erythema, 342— Glauce, 342— Glau-
cone, 342 — Leuctra, 342 — Morvus,
341 — Odilia, 342 — Phidile, 342 —
Porphyrio, 340.

Papilio Fabius, 344.

Paromia pulchra, 203.

Paropsis, 291—atomaria,300—carnosa,
307—consimilis, 306—dilatata, 300
— fulvo-guttata, 298 — geographica,
303—incarnata, 299—Lownei, 294—
lutea, 304 — maculata, 301 — mar-
morea, 302—obsoleta, 309— Parryi,
296—porosa, 310—propinqua, 306—
purpureo-viridis, 250—vreticulata, 299
—roseola, 308 — sanguinipennis, 299
—suspiciosa, 297—tasmanica, 294—
variolosa, 293—Waterhousei, 296—
Wilsoni, 295.

Pascoe, F.P. Additions to the Longi-
cornia of South Africa, 270; descrip-
tions of some new Australian Longi-
cornia, 223; second series, 352; lst
of described species of Australian
Heteromera, 493; note on the Au-
stralian species of Clytus, 245;
notices of new or little-known genera
and species of Coleoptera, 26, 443 ;
on certain additions to the genus Di-
cranocephalus, 23; on some new
genera of Curculionide, 413 ; on the
Colydiide of the Amazon Valley, 79 ;
on the Colydiide of the Indian
Islands, 121. ~

Pedilia, 377, 384—rufa, 385.

Pelia Lamis, 205.

Pelonia, 378, 399—nigripennis, 400—
nigro-violacea, 400 — rubra, 400 —
rufo-testacea, 401—vittata, 400.

Penthea crassicollis, 227—intricata, 227
—picta, 227—=sectator, 358.

Penthelispa morio, 142—Truquii, 39.

Petalophora brevimana, 37.

Phacodes bispinus, 373—distinctus, 373
—elusus, 373 —ferrugineus, 288 —
fuscus, 373.

Pheapate, 363—albula, 363.

Phaedis, 474—elysius, 4.74.

Phantasis heros, 279.

Pheloneis, 483—harpaloides, 483.

Phieodalis raucus, 82.

Phlyctenodes pilosus, 234.

Phoracantha Angasii, 233 — balteata, |

INDEX.

233—flavo-picta, 371—grallaria, 231
— hospita, 232 — Odewahnii, 231 —
pedator, 232.

Phormesa, 31—demissa, 33—detracta,
131—elevata, 182—heros, 130—inor-
nata, 32—lunaris, 32—nana, 131—
prolata, 32 (note), 129—varia, 130.

Phorticosomus, 78— felix, 78.

Phreatus, 90—rigidus, 90.

Phryneta suturalis, 277.

Phyllocnema rairifica, 286.

Phyllotreta, 377.

Physarchus, 425—pyramidalis, 425.

Phytophaga, descriptions of new Au-
stralian, 247.

Piomera, 156—brachialis, 157.

Platycorynus Parryi, 223.

Platyphanes cyaneus, 472.

Plectroscelis, 377.

Podagrica, 377.

Polyzonus pubicollis, 52—scalaris, 53.

Pompilide, descriptions of new species
of Brazilian, 263.

Pompilus fragilis, 267 — ichneumoni-
formis, 268—imitator, 267.

Prepona Amphimachus, 337 — Am-
phitoé, 337—Demodice, 335—Demo-
phon, 337—Hugenes, 335—Gnorima,
336 (note)—Lycomedes, 337—Mean-
der, 336—Pheridamas, 336.

Priocnemis opulenta, 268.

Prioptera gibbosa, 9—nigricornis, 9—
rugosa, 8.

Promeces iris, 288—viridis, 53.

Protogonius Fabius, 344.

Psacus, 446—attagenoides, 446.

Psebium, 289—brevipenne, 290.

Pseudocolaspis aureovillosa, 348 —
azurea, 349 — haliporphyra, 348 —
puberula, 349—semipurpurea, 348—
sericata, 347—servula, 349.

Psilapha, 377, 389—flava, 389.

Psilomorpha lusoria, 367.

Psychopsis insolens, 114,

Psylliodes, 377.

Ptena, 376.

Pteroheleus agonus, 461—bullatus, 462
—memnonius, 462—pruinosus, 461
—servus, 462.

Pyrestes cardinalis, 50.

Pyrrhogyra Amphiro, 319—Cuparina,
318—Neerea, 319 — Otolais, 318 —
Tiphus, 319.

Rhinaria faceta, 419—stellio, 419.

Rhopalotoma, 378, 394—tuberculatum,
394—viridipenne, 395.

Rhyparida nitida, 252.

Rhytiphora saga, 358 — sospitalis, 358
—Waterhousei, 228.

Romalocera, 376.

INDEX.

Rupilia, 260 — ruficollis, 260 — viridi-
senea, 260.

Salamis jucunda, 194.

Saperda minuta, 106.

Saragus asidoides, 465 — Duboulaii,
466 — exulans, 466 — infelix, 466 —
magister, 465—Odewahnii, 467.

Schaum,’Dr. H. Cicindelidse of Tro-
pical Asia, 57; on four new genera
of Carabide, 74.

Scymena, 455—variabilis, 455.

Seirotrana, 483—catenulata, 483.

Semio, 427—~ricinoides, 4.28.

Sessinia, 488.

Siam and Cambodia, Cassidide collected
in, by M. Mouhot, 13.

Siderone Isidora, 343 — Mars, 343 —
Marthesia, 343—Zethus, 343.

Silphomorpha speciosa, 26.

Sigastus, 423—fascicularis, 423.

Simallus, 420—sulcicollis, 420.

Sinopium, 487—variabile, 487.

Smith, F. Descriptions of new species
of Brazilian Pompilidee, 263.

Sophrena, 377, 382—fasciolata, 383—
simplex, 383.

Sophron eburatus, 374.

Sophronica carbonaria, 282.

Sosylus castaneus, 95 — crassus, 96 —
cursorius, 95—duplicatus, 95—exilis,
96—exutus, 94—sulcatus, 93—tere-
brans, 95.

Spheropalpus Deyrollei, 6.

Spheniscus cyaneus, 486.

Stasimus, 150—rugosus, 150.

Stenidea albida, 109—annulicornis, 108
—Hesperus, 110—pzlosa, 109.

Strabala, 376.

Strongylium Macleayi, 43.

Syarbis, 423—pachypus, 424.

Syessita, 284 — divisa, 284 —duplicata,
285—-vestigialis, 284.

Sympetes, 464—Macleayi, 465.

Symphyletes Angasi, 225 — arctos, 356
—egenus,225—fumatus, 224—gallus,
226—satelles, 357—vestigialis, 226—
vicarius, 356.

Syneemis, 40—pandani, 41.

Syricta, 440—Walbergii, 440.

Sysspilotus, 359— Macleayi, 360.

507

Systena, 378, 402 — brunnipennis, 404:
—discicollis, 403—humeralis, 404—
interrogationis, 402—lugubris, 404—
marginicollis, 403 — mustela, 405 —
novem-maculata, 405—pectoralis, 403
—plagiata, 403—sinuato-vittata, 403
— suturalis, 405 — testaceo-vittata,
404—tincta, 405.

Taphos, 236—aterrimus, 236.

Teinodactyla, 377.

Temenis Ariadne, 203—pulchra, 203.

Tenosis, 378, 397—purpureipennis, 398.

Therates, 74.

Thersalus, 372—bispinus, 373.

Thyestetha, 426—nitida, 427.

Timetes Berania, 328—Chiron, 327—
Chrethron, 329— Egina, 329 —he-
raldicus, 328—Norica, 330—-Orsilo-
chus, 328 —Petreus, 327 —Tutelina,
330.

Toxicwm brevicorne, 454—punctipenne,
454.

Trachypholis sequalis, 138.

“Trichotheca, 150—hirta, 151.

Tricondyla nematodes, 61.
Tylonotus, 74—Fryi, 75.

Uloma depressa, 454.
Uracanthus faligineus, 238.

Victorina Steneles, 320—Sulpitia, 320.

Wallace, A. R. Notes on the genus
Tphias, 1.

Westwood, J.O. Description of a new
species of Longicorn Beetle, 117.

Wollaston, T. V. On the Canarian
Longicorns, 99.

Xanthonia, 151—Stevensi, 151.

Xuthia, 128—maura, 129—rufina, 128
—siccana, 128.

Xyneea, 419—saginata, 420.

AXystrocera erosa, 287—juvenca, 287,
note.

Zamium, 288—incultum, 289—proci-
duum, 289—succineum, 289.

Zanclea, 80—testudinea, 81.

Zygas, 487—cimicoides, 487.

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